Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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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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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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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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