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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Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet...

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate...

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate...

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

We are never either so fortunate or so misfortunate as we imagine.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least...

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least...

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

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

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

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love...

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become...

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having...

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving...

When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving...

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.