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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
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
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
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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

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