The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take so much pleasure in remarking them in others.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
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Fortune and humor govern the world.
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Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.
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We all have enough strength to bear other people's woes.
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