Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. "

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"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen. "

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

"Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue."

"Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well."

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

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