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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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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Everyone Ghost Love Seen Talk True Love
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
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
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 only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
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
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity

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