Francois de La Rochefoucauld quotes
French Writer September 15, 1613 – March 17, 1680
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We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undecieved by them.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Jealously is always born with love but it does not die with it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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