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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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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
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
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
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
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
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
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
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
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
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 often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue

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