Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to...

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to...

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

There are heroes in evil as well as in good.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

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.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and...

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and...

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost...

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.