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" We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. "
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Good
Admire
Earnest
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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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" As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing. "
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" Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. "
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" Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. "
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" Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example. "
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" It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. "
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" A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others. "
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" People always complain about their memories, never about their minds. "
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" We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue. "
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" Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. "
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Does
" 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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Enough
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" It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular. "
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Men
Than
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" The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us. "
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Us
Surprise
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