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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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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
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
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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue

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