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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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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
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
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
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
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
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
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
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role

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