In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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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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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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