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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
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
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
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Always Fool Heart Intellect
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
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
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
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
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Homage Hypocrisy Pay Vice Virtue
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
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
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

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