Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDJealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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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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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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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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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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