What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDFew things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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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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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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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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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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