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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.

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
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Counterfeit Deceive Judgement Reproduce Truth Well
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Advice Bad Compensate Example Give Inability Love Old People Set
Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Certain Doubt Entirely Jealous Madness Soon Upon
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Offensive Others Own Patience People Vanity
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
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Foolish Glow Older Wiser
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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Ambition Lead Love Offer Seldom
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Biggest Cleverest Idiot Make Men Passion
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Company Fool Greatly Loss Man Witty
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
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

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