Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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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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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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