We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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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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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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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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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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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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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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