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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
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
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
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
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word

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