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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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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
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
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
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
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
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance

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