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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.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
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
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
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
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
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
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
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
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect

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