The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDIt is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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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 mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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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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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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