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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Believe Doubt Love Most Often
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
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
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Amended Cannot Character Defect Weakness
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Better Constantly Good Man Observation Proof Truly
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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Fortunate Imagine never One
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Acknowledge Appear Fault From Great Make One Small
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
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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All Alone Family Great Wise Wish
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Atter Community Evil Find Hard Philosophy Vanquish
Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Before Could Perfect Valid Whole Witness
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
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
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
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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Achievement Apt Exact Flatter Great Men Own Themselves Truth
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

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