Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
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Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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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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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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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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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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