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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
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
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
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
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
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
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
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
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 our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
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
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told

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