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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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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
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
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
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
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
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish

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