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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
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
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
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

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