We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNo man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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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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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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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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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
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However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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