The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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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 are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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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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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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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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