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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
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
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
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
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
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Absence Candle Diminishes Extinguish Fan Increase Mediocre Passion
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
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
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong

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