The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDQuarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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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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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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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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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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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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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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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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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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