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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
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
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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Admirer Always Amount Indispensable Regard Something
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky

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