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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
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 often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
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
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
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
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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Admirer Always Amount Indispensable Regard Something
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too

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