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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
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 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
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
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
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
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
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various

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