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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
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
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem

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