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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
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

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