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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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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
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
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish

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