"We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves."
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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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"Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity."
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"It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel."
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"One forgives to the degree that one loves."
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"Whatever ignominy or disgrace we have incurred, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our reputation."
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"There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy."
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"Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding."
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"It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men."
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"Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement."
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"When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness."
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"Our minds are lazier than our bodies."
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"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves."
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"If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us."
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"The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again."
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"No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does."
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"Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it."
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"The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity."
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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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"It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding."
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