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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
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
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
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
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength

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