Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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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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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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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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