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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
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
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
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
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
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
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
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various

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