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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
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
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
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
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
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
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit

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