Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
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Honest people will respect us for our merit the public, for our luck.Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
The passions are the only advocates which always persuade. They are a natural art, the rules of which are infallible and the simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.
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Weak people cannot be sincere.
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When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy
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A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.
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