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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
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
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
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
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue

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