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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
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 desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
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 virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
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
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
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
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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Faculty Great Lesser May Mind Much Talk Word
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
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
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

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