He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTrue love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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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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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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