The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation.
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It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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