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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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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
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
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
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
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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Always Concern Friend Loss Need Own Sense Worth
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Change Inclination never Testy
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Anything Beyond Dismiss Iiusally Mediocre Own Reach Understanding
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self

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