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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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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
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
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
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
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
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
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
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

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