The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOur actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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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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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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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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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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