Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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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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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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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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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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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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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