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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
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
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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Deceive Dissemble Other Ourselves Time Use
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Guilt Innocense Much Near Protection So

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