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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
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
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Absence Candle Diminishes Extinguish Fan Increase Mediocre Passion
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think

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