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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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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
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
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part

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