However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhy can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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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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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
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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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Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
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There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.
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Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.
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When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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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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If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
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We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
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