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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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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
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
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
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem

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