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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
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
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish

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