There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHowever rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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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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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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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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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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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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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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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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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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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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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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