To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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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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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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