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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

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
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
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
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
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
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun

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