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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
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
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
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
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
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
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
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue

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