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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.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Desire Esteemed Oneself Politeness Treat
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Already Examine Happy Heart Posses Set Upon
Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Better Disguised Often Reality Vice Virtue
The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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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
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Cleavernes Deserve Point Principal
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Accustomed Become Disguise Ourselves
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
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
The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
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
The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Cannot Herat Mind Play Role
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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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Clever Enough Evil Know Man No

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