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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
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
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom

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