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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
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 have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
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
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
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 seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often

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