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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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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
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
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
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
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper

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