The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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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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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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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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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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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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