It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn love we often doubt what we most believe.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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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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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of their worth, but rather of our own need of them and that we have lost some who had a good opinion of us.
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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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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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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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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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