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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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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
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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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
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
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 would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
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
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
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
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
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
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
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
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

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