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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
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
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
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
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy

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