There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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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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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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