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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
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
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
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

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