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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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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
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
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
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
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
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
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

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