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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
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
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
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
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
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
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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Always Concern Friend Loss Need Own Sense Worth
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

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