If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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