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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
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
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
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
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet

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