We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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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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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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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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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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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 have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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