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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives 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
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
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
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
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
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
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

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