There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDDecency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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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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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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