The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDJealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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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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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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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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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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