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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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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
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
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
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
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
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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Blind Interest People Self Sharp Sight Some
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
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
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
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

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