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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
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
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
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
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect

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