Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future evils But present evils triumph over it.
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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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We should not judge of a mans merit by his good qualities, but by the use he can make of them.
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No accident so grave but that the clever man can turn it to some good no luck so great but that the fool can twist it to his hurt.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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