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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
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
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
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
Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain

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