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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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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
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
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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Detail Happen Many Remember Same Time Tiniest Told
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
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
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
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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Almost Always Being Heart Human Passion Rise
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Enough God Good Happen Memory Recollect Retain
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
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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