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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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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
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
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
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
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
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
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
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn

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