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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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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
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
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
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
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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