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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
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
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
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
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
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
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 one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think

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