Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

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.

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...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

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 intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

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...