In love we often doubt what we most believe.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSome accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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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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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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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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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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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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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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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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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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