You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one.

Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to...

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to...

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more...

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

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.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes...

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

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

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

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,...

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the...

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the...

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

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...

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous...