Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDWhat men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is.
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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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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.
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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
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All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
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One forgives to the degree that one loves.
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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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