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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often
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
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
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate

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