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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
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
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
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
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
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
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
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
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
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

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