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" It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. "
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Wise
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" How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person? "
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" There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. "
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" Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too. "
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Made
First
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Laws
Which
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Country
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Loves
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Talking
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Nobody
Memory
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Think
Pride
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Matters
Small
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