If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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One often passes from love to ambition, But one rarely returns from ambition to love.
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People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.
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He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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