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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
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 accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly

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