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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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Always Concern Friend Loss Need Own Sense Worth
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
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
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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Conceal Counterfeit Crafty Dissimulation Long Love Most Power
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never

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