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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
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
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Conceal Fault Mean More Most Pardonable
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
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
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
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
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think

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