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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
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
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun

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