Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
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We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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