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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part
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
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
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
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
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
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word

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