We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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What 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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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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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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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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