We always get bored with those whom we bore.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition...

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.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present...

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,...

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...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally...

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

Usually we praise only to be praised.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and...

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of...

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.

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make...

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday...

Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday...