If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDHowever rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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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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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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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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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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