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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
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
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
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
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
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty

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