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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
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
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World

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