Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDSome counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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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 crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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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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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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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 principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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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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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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