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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
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
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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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
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
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
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something

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