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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
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

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