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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Born Mark Noble One Quality Sure
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Confess Fault Large Little One People Persuade
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Agreeable Deceive End Hope Lead Least Live Route Serve
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Believe Happy Interest Make Ourselves
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Consequence Done Fear Much Remorse Repentance
Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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Confidence Contribution Conversion More
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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Capable Couple Do Look Perfect Witness World
Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Contain Jealousy Love More Self
To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Ability Great Hide Know One Skill
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Everything Impossible Mean Nothing Sufficient
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
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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Creator Design Fewer Great Passion Soul Virtue
We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Little Make Say Speak Vanity
If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Flatter Halm never Ourselves
On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Death Fixedly Look Man Neither Nor Sun
There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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Access Become Crime Even Glorious Number Splendor

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