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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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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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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Better Faithful Force Love Man Must Unfaithfulness
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well

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