We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.
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