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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Also Enough Great Manage Quality
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Accustomed Become Disguise Ourselves
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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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
Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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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
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Extent Love Pardon
It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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