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One forgives to the degree that one loves.

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
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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Altogether Best Dfiplease Friend Misfortune Something
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Clever Consider Deceive Oneself Other Sure Way
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
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Ashamed Deed Frequent Good Motive People Produce
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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All Heart Mond Not Those Well
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Anyone Converse Distrust Else Great More Sincerity Still Truth Yet
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
The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Always Love never Reason Talk Themselves Wear
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
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal

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