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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
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
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper

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