The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient...

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...

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once...

Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once...

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

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...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity...

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper,...

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper,...

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

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...

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves.

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

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

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

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests,...

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

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...