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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
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
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
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
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
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
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
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
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
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often

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