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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
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
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role

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