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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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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
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
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
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
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
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
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
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often

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