Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDJealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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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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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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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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