The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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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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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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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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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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However 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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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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