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Usually we praise only to be praised.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
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
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor

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