The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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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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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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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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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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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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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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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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