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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
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
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
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
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 often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong

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