The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNot all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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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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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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