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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
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
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
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
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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