A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNo 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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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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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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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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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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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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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 desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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