If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

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

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

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

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...

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so...

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...

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to...

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to...

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

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

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

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...

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.

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....