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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Absence Candle Diminishes Extinguish Fan Increase Mediocre Passion
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish

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