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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
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
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong

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