He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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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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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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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 are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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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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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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