One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIn sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
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We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
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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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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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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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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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