Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing...

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking...

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or...

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

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

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

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but...

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but...

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of...

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of...

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.