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Quotes by La Rochefoucauld

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where ... Read Full Quote
We rarely think that people have good sense unless they ... Read Full Quote
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future e ... Read Full Quote
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he ... Read Full Quote
For most men the love of justice is only the fear of su ... Read Full Quote
Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which ... Read Full Quote
We seldom attribute common sense except to those who ag ... Read Full Quote
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true ... Read Full Quote
Absence lessens the minor passions and increases the gr ... Read Full Quote
We promise according to our hopes, and perform accordin ... Read Full Quote
How is it that we remember the least triviality that ha ... Read Full Quote
We do not regret the loss of our friends by reasons of ... Read Full Quote
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man wo ... Read Full Quote
Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us e ... Read Full Quote
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on ... Read Full Quote
Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a gre ... Read Full Quote
The mind cannot long act the role of the heart. ... Read Full Quote
If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more ... Read Full Quote
Conceit causes more conversation than wit. ... Read Full Quote
If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakne ... Read Full Quote
Those who give too much attention to trifling things be ... Read Full Quote
One forgives to the degree that one loves. ... Read Full Quote
Ah, Hope what would life be, stripped of thy encouragin ... Read Full Quote
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about a ... Read Full Quote
A true friend is the most precious of all possessions a ... Read Full Quote
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment. ... Read Full Quote
It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's pa ... Read Full Quote
We are never so ridiculous through what we are as throu ... Read Full Quote
To a person in love, the value of the individual is int ... Read Full Quote
We are all strong enough to endure the misfortunes of o ... Read Full Quote
When we are in love we often doubt that which we most b ... Read Full Quote
Nothing so much prevents our being natural as the desir ... Read Full Quote
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they ... Read Full Quote
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfactio ... Read Full Quote
A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune ... Read Full Quote
There is no accident so disastrous that a clever man ca ... Read Full Quote
Everyone complains of his memory, none of his judgment. ... Read Full Quote
Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one w ... Read Full Quote
The pleasure of love is in the loving and there is more ... Read Full Quote
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones ... Read Full Quote
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that i ... Read Full Quote
Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as ... Read Full Quote
Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without ... Read Full Quote
The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself cleve ... Read Full Quote
There are very few people who are not ashamed of having ... Read Full Quote
We are never so happy or unhappy as we think. ... Read Full Quote
Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. ... Read Full Quote
If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles ... Read Full Quote
It is with true love as it is with ghosts everyone talk ... Read Full Quote
One is never as fortunate or as unfortunate as one thin ... Read Full Quote
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the ... Read Full Quote
How can we expect another to keep our secret, if we can ... Read Full Quote
All the passions make us commit faults love makes us co ... Read Full Quote
Our minds are lazier than our bodies. ... Read Full Quote
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate thin ... Read Full Quote
Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly t ... Read Full Quote