There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

Quote by Francois La Rochefoucauld

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The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

The truly wise, Will only prize, Good manners, Sense and learning

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

Old men delight in giving good advice as a consolation for the fact that they...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so...

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

The love of glory, the fear of disgrace, the incentive to succeed, the desire to...

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not always die with it

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome...

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than...

Love is a wild bird that no one can tame. It's useless to chase it...

Love is a wild bird that no one can tame. It's useless to chase it...

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...

Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as...