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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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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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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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