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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
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
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
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
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
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit

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