The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a...

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and...

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.

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love...

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see...

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

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

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

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

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...

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...

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to...

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...

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.

It's better to be in love than to watch it.

It's better to be in love than to watch it.

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...

Love is the only angel, who can bid the gates unroll, and when he comes...