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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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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Alone Both Compulsion Contribute Fortune Generous Hero Nature Part
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
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
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
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion

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