In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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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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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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