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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
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
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
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
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
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
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
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
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
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat

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