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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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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
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
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
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
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
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
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
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
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
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
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain

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