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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
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
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
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
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

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