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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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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
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
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
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
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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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 passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind

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