Taste may change, but inclination never.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDEveryone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
More Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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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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