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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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Being Hinder Nature Nothing Ourselves Seem Strain
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
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
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Disguise Exist Hide Love Simulate
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
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
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
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
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
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
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Bad Currency Five Flattery Kind Money Vanity
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand

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