Francois de La Rochefoucauld

However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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One forgives to the degree that one loves. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Jealousy is bred in doubts. When those doubts change into certainties, then the passion either ceases or turns absolute madness. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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