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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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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
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
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
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
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
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
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
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
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit

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