Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhen we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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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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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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