We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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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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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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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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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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