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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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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 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
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
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
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
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 word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
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
We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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Appear Disguise Disguised Finally Habit Much Ourselves

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