However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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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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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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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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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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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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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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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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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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