There is only one kind of love, but there are one thousand imitations

Quote by FranÃ§ois De La Rochefoucauld

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A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with...

A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with...

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...

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to...

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to...

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them...

To praise princes for virtues they are lacking in is a way of insulting them...

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

The man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do...

Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason

Youth is a continual intoxication; it is the fever of reason

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of...

Though men pride themselves on their great actions, often they are not the results of...

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are...

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those...

We are always much better pleased to see those whom we have obliged, than those...

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight...

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...