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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
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
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
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
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
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
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
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 give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom

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