In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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A clever man should organize his self-interests in the order of their worth. Greediness often defeats its own end, by making us scratch for every trifle when we should dig for gold alone.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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One is never so happy or so unhappy as one thinks.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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