The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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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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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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