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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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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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We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.
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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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The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
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