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One forgives to the degree that one loves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
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
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
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
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young

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