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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some

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