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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
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
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
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Accustomed Become Disguise Ourselves
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World

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