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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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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
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
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
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
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
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
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
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak

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