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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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Accept Birthplace Heart Mine One Remain Speech
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness

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