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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue

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