Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDJealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
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When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.
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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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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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