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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
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
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
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
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
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 various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
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
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
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
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us

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