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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
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
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
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
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
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule

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