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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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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
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
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation

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