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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
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
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
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
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
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade

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