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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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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
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
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
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
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
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

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