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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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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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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
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
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

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