We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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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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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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