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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
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
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
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
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
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 would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper

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