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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
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
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
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

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