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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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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
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
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
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
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
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
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word

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