There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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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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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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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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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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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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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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