We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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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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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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