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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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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
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
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Decency Law Least Most Observe Strict
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
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 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
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
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
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Conceal Fault Mean More Most Pardonable
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun

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