| Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practice it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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| Women know not the whole of their coquetry. |
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- Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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