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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
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
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
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

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