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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
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
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
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
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves

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