Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhy can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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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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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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