The heart is forever making the head its fool.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDOne can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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The principal point of cleverness is to know how to value things just as they deserve.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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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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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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