The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don’t know where I would be without it.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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