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In love we often doubt what we most believe.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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Dishonor Man More Ridicule
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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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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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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Affair Find Indeed never One Only Rare Women
All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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