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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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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
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
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
The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Fool Forever Head Heart Make
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
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
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
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

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