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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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
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
Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Advice Away Give Liberally Men Nothing
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Always Heart Mind
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Fault Last Long Only Quarrel Side
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
To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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Archive Die Greatness Live never
He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Holy Live Think Wise Without
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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Big Confess Fault One People Persuade
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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Advantage Better Join Man Think Wise
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
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
We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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Admire Allow Always Those Who
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Boast Disposition Good Interest Moist Self Tender Urge
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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