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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain

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