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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
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
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
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source

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