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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. - French Proverb

The maxims of men disclose their hearts. – French Proverb

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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. – French Proverb

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The more an idea is developed, the more concise becomes its expression: the more a tree is pruned, the better is the fruit. – Alfred Bougeart, quoted in A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedn

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There are many famous, sometimes brilliant and often very great quotations attributed to notable persons, which though false or incorrect, are usually improvements by anonymous requoters. – George Seldes

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What a good thing Adam had — when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. – Mark Twain, 1867

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Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read it in the original author? – Philip Gilbert Hamerton, The Intellectual Life, 1873

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