Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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