We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDTaste may change, but inclination never.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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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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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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