We do not regret the loss of our friends by reasons of their merit, but because of our needs and for the good opinion that we believed them to have held of us.
La Rochefoucauld
Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching.
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There is no accident so disastrous that a clever man cannot derive some profit from it nor any so fortunate that a fool cannot turn it to his disadvantage.
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Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
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Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
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We are all strong enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
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We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
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It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
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Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.
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Ah, Hope what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.
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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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How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person
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