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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Community Crime Great Incapable Other Ready Suspect
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Course Distrust Himself Safest Sincere
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Friendship However Less Love Rate True
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
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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Application Conquer Impossible Mean Resolution Themselves Thing
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Able Consequence Energy Friendship Hatred Judge Love Rese
There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Imitation Kind Love Thousand
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
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Contribution Friendship Happiness Ignorance Knowledge Love More
In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Interest Often Self Useful Virtue Word
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse

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