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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
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
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
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
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
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
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
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
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky

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