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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
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
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
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
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
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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