The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDA wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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