Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDMediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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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 is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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