Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWe should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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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 passions are the only orators which always persuade.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.
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The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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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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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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