A true friend is the greatest of …
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the…
All of us have sufficient fortitude to …
All of us have sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Before we set our hearts too much …
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those…
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous …
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
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Few are agreeable in conversation, because each …
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say…
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and …
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than…
Good advice is something a man gives …
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a…
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of …
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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He who lives without folly isn’t so …
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
~ Francois de La…
Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays …
Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If we had no faults of our …
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure…
It is as common for tastes to …
It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of…