Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDAs one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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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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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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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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