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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
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
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
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
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 bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness

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