Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy nothing can make a fool content.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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