A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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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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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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