There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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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 often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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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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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.
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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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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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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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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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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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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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