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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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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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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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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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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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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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