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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
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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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
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 reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure

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