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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Conceal Fault Mean More Most Pardonable
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
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
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use

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