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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Bore Forgive Offer Often Whom
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Absence Candle Diminishes Extinguish Fan Increase Mediocre Passion
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
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
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
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
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
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time

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