If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.

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.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

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...

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part...

Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part...

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free...

We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free...

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.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look...

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

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

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...

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...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of...