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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Evil Good Hero Well
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
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
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 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 only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
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
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise 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
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient

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