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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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Conceal Counterfeit Crafty Dissimulation Long Love Most Power
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
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
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
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
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
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
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

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