Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
From Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We always get bored with those whom we bore.
It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self.
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
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