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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.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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