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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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