The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
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There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.
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The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.
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How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?
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We always love those that admire us, but we do not always love those we admire.
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We are never so ridiculous by the qualities we have, as by those we affect to have.
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