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Only great men have great faults.

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Only firm people can be truly soft.

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We pardon to the extent that we love.

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Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

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The mind is always the dupe of the heart.

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Small minds are hurt by the smallest things.

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As we age, we become more foolish and wiser.

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Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

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In love, the first healed is the best healed.

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Some condemnations praise; some praise damns.

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It is a great folly to wish to be wise alone.

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There are good marriages, but no delicious ones.

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Hypocrisy is an homage that vice pays to virtue.

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Few women's merit lasts as long as their beauty.

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One must listen if one wishes to be listened to.

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In jealousy there is more of self-love than love.

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We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.

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One is never so happy or so unhappy as one fancies.

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We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine.

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Who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.

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It is easier to be wise for others than for oneself.

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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

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Those who know their minds do not know their hearts.

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What grace is to the body, good sense is to the mind.

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Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.

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We may bestow advice, but we cannot inspire the conduct.

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It's a great talent to be able to conceal one's talents.

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However rare true love may be, true friendship is rarer.
Variant: Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer

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A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.

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It is easier to know man in general than to know one man.

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