Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDFew people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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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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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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