Taste may change, but inclination never.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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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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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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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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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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