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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
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
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
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 promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
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
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often

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