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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
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
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Bad Dangerous Devoid Goodness People Quiet
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some

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