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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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of...

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us...

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.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

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...

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a...

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a...

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

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.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than...

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of...

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of...

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

A man's worth has its season, like fruit.

Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they...

Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they...