Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great things.

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Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.

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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

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Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one which we take the least thought to acquire.

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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.

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Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it.

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