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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
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
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
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
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
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
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
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
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
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 are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
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
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
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

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