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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
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
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
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
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
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
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
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
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong

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