Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHowever greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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