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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
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
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
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
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
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
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
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well

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