Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

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Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves.

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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.

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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

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In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.

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The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

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Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

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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.

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