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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
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
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
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
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
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
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well

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