When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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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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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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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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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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