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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
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
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 promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
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
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade

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