One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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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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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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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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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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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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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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