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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
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
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
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
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
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
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
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
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

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