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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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Agreeable Conversation Each Few Intend Other People Reason Say Think
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
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
We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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Calculation More Often Treacherous Weakness
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Blood Great Habit Inclination Make People Young
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Absolute Cease Certain Change Doubt Either Jealousy Madness Passion Turn

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