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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
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
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
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
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
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
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
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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Age Forbid Old Pain Pressure Under Youth
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky

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