One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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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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