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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
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
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
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
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity

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