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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
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
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
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

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