It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOur concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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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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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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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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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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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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