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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
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
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
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
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong

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