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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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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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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
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
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
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
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
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
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Behaviour Born Complete Indifference Perfect
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
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

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