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

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that...

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness...

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of...

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate...

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his...

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all...

The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all...

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that...

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that...

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.