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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
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
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
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
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
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
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
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some

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