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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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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
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Action Blame Commendation Great Hear Part See Unlucky
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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Acquire All Bless Friend Great Least Take True
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Owe Pay Pride Wish
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Depend Fortune Happiest Men Mystery Temper
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Easier General Know Men Particular
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Ashamed Been Each Few Longer Love Not Other People
What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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Assistance Bear Cut Form Jealous Make Pain Vanity
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
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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Always Orator Passion Persuade

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