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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
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
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
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
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
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
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
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 always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
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
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness

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