Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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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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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
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Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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