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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
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
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Contagious Evil Example Great Good Like Nothing Product
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
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
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
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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Admirer Always Amount Indispensable Regard Something

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