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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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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
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
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
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
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
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
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
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without

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