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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
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
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
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
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
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self

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