As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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