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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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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women

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