The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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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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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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