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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Conceal Fault Mean More Most Pardonable
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
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
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Desire Praise Refusal Twice
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Application Impact Impraticall Men Fail Rather Success
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Called Generously Give Only Thing Usually Vanity
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Advice Liberal Most One People Think
Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Complain Everyone Judgement Memory Nobody
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing

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