The mind cannot long play the heart’s role.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPerfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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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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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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