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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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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
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
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Great Many Men Nothing Recommend Serviceable Society Value
We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Deliver Fear Hope Our Promise Proportion
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Degree Forgive Love One
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
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
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
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Cause Conceit Conversation More Wit
I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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Admirer Always Amount Indispensable Regard Something
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue

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