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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
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
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
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
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 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 are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No

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