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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
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
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Absence Candle Diminishes Extinguish Fan Increase Mediocre Passion
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
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
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young

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