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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
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
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul 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
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
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
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
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
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
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
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

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