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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet
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 do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
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
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
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
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

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