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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Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to...

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to...

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.

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

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

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them...

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to...

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones...

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish...

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting....

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in...

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

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...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...

It is with an old love as it is with old age a man lives...