Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
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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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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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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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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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