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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.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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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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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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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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In the human heart new passions are forever being born; the overthrow of one almost always means the rise of another.
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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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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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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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