When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDEveryone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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