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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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all...

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if...

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...

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 cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

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...

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

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...

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...

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves...

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...

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

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.