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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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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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Deserve General Goodness No One Power Praise Wick
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
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
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
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
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No

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