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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Ambition Disguised Generously Interest Order Overlook Secure Seem Small
How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Anyone Expect Keep Ourselves Secret Unable
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Age Defect Face Grow Mind Worse
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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Death Eye Look Neither Steady Sum
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
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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All Interest Motion Vice Virtue
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Endure Enough Misfortune Other Strength
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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All Ourselves Speak Talk
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
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
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Favour Further Gratitude Hope Merely Secret
A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Fruit Man Season Worth
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
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
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Company Keep Variety Virtue
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

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