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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
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
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Accustomed Become Disguise Ourselves
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
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
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
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
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve

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