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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
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 do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No

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