Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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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 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...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody...

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

In love we often doubt what we most believe.

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...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with...

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure...

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure...

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.

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

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

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity...

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.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating...

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.

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...

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.