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There is a sort of love whose very excessiveness prevents the lover's being jealous.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
Few know how to be old.
Esteem never makes ingrates.
The only security is courage.
We pardon as long as we love.
Weak people cannot be sincere.
Hope and fear are inseparable.
Few men know all the ill they do.
Only great men have great faults.
Nothing is so catching as example.
Hatred is stronger than friendship.
Generosity is the vanity of giving.
One honor won is a surety for more.
We always like those who admire us.
As long as we love, we can forgive.
We forgive just so long as we love.
Fortune and humor govern the world.
Nothing is rarer than real goodness.
Jealousy is not love, but self-love.
We give nothing so freely as advice.
Only the contemptible fear contempt.
Nothing is so contagious as example.
Simplicity is a delicate imposition.
We pardon to the extent that we love.
The older a fool is, the worse he is.
Even women are perfect at the outset.
Usually we praise only to be praised.
Our minds are lazier than our bodies.
Humility is the worst form of conceit.
Love is the smallest part of gallantry.
As love increases, prudence diminishes.
Great men should not have great faults.
Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.
Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.
Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
Hope is the last thing that dies in man.
Taste may change, but inclination never.
Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred.
All women seem by nature to be coquettes.
The only thing constant in life is change
A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
We give advice, we do not inspire conduct.
Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.
We speak little if not egged on by vanity.
The mind is always the patsy of the heart.
What is perfectly true is perfectly witty.
Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.
The mind cannot long play the heart's role.
