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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
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.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
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
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
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

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