If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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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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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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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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