Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
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It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.
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We often boast that we are never bored, but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
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