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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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Hate Love More Near Wish
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Act Being Head Inside Light Name Old People Perhaps Quiet Room
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
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
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Envy Inspire Moderate Much Pride Sometimes
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
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
The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Cheat Cun One Other Self Sure Think

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