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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
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
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
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
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
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
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
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding

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