There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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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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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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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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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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