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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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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
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
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
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
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
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
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
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves

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