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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
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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