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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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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
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
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
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Conceal Fault Mean More Most Pardonable
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
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
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
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding

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