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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
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

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