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The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
Mind
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
Lovers
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Advice
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.
Imitation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
Surprises
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Passion
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
Envy
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
Deception
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
Interest
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
Crime and Criminals
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
Goodness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.
Wrong
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.
Love Ended
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.
Chastity
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
Heroes and Heroism
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There is hardly a man clever enough to recognize the full extent of the evil he does.
Evil
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.
Imitation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
Innocence
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.
Pettiness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
Timidity
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.
Greatness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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To establish yourself in the world a person must do all they can to appear already established.
Appearance
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
Ability
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness indeed.
Diets and Dieting
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
Ingratitude
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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