The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these...

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he...

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.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

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...

He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by...

He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by...

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

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

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

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to...

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either...

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

Our concern for the loss of our friends is not always from a sense of...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That...

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That...