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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Accent Country Heart Man Mind Native Remain Speech
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Anyone Before Capable Doing Perfect Various Without
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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Comfort Easy Express Friend Occasion Ourself
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
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
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise

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