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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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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Imagine Leave Them Vice
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Despise Vice Virtue
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
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Business Deprive Involve Self Love Simply Steady Sum
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Body Defect Fault Imagination Mind Taken Wound
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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Business Derive Involve Propose Simply Sturdy
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Example Good Man Old Set Something Too
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Claim Desire Disc Praise Second Show Time
Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Defect Displease Fault Meet Other People Please Some

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