Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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