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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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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
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
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 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
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
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous

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