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• Lovers are never tired of each other, though they always speak of themselves. (Maxim 312)
• The understanding is always the dupe of the heart.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 102...
• In their first passion women love their lovers, in all the others they love love.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 471...
• We are never so happy or so unhappy as we suppose.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 49...
• Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 218...
• Most people judge men only by success or by fortune.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 212...
• Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 26...
• Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 110...
• Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 496...