Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Francois VI Duc de La Rochefoucauld
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The struggle we undergo to remain faithful to one we love is little better than infidelity.
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Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to each of the lover's qualities, giving preference now to one, now to another.
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If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.
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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves.
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Old people love to give good advice to console themselves for no longer being able to set a bad example.
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We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.
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We always love those that admire us, but we do not always love those we admire.
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True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
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There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
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There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.
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If we are to judge of love by the consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.
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Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.