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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 is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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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
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
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
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
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret

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