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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
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
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
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
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
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce

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