In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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