In love we often doubt what we most believe.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThere are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
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Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
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It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
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Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
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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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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
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