The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIf we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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A man’s worth has its season, like fruit.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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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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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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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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