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In love we often doubt what we most believe.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
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
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Accustomed Become Disguise Ourselves
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish

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