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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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According Fera Hope Perform Promise
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Criticism Deceive Good People Prefer Wisdom
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Only Some Surprise Thing
Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Accident Folly Help Little Necessary Out Some
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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All Credit Duty Keep Lazy Other Timidity Use Virtue
If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Fault Much Notice Other Own Pleasure Tak
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Being Clever Desire Keep Often Seem
There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Bore Few Virtuous Trade Women
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
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
People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Build Facade People Personality Pleasant Some Various
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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Due More Passion Resist Strength Weakness
Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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Great Incurable Matter Mind Occupy Small
It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Almost Always Cease Fault Love Realize
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
Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Body Gracefulness Mind Understanding
Usually we praise only to be praised.
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On Praise Usually
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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Advice Console Example Fond Give Men Old Proof Themselves
Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Advice Anyone Benevolent Give Sell Share
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
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Great Haste Ingratitude Obligation
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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Ourselves Outward Peace Seek Source

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