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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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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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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
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
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
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
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
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
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
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
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth

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