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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some

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