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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
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
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
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
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
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
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
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One

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