When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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