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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Advice Can Profit Wisdom
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Desire Effort Internet Make Us Useful Various
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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Find People Seldom Serve Them Ungrateful
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Affection Effect Hatred Judge Love Most Resemble
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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Certain Depend Distinguish Elevation Fortune Kind Seem Sestine
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Interest Self Vice Virtue World
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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Correct Dangerous Fault Reprove Timidly Wish
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Easier Other Ourselves Wise
It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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Conceal Counterfeit Crafty Dissimulation Long Love Most Power
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Gratitude Hope Making Most Secret
We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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All Come Despite Experience Find Fresh Ourselves Several Stage Together Year
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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All Passion Commit Fault Love Make One Ridiculous
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
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
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 should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Action Best Feel Move Produce Shame Should World
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Love Man might Mistake Mistress Own Sake Think
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 often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Annoy Often Paradon Us
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Bear Enough Misfortune Other Strong
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Believe Doubt Firmly Love Man Most Often
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Accept Find Opinion Seldom Sense Those
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
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Dead Funeral Honor Like Love More Pomp Vanity

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