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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve

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