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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
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
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
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
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom

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