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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
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 mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
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
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation

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