“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There are heroes in evil as well
“There are heroes in evil as well as in good.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Though men are apt to flatter and
“Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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There are a great many men valued
“There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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If we judge love by most of
“If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great
“Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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What men have called friendship is only
“What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness
“Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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One can find women who have never
“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Love can no more continue without a
“Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Too great haste to repay an obligation
“Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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