When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThough men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
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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 so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one’s self more cunning than others.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness.
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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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