Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths. It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. A lover whose passion is extreme loves even the faults of the beloved
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable.
Reason is not what decides love.
The secret to fencing consists in two things: to give and to not receive.
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.
It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.
Man's greatest weakness is his love for life.
They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time.
How easy love makes fools of us.
Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
Without dance, a man can do nothing.
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
There is nothing so necessary for men as dancing.
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!
Malicious men may die, but malice never.
According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat
Each day my reason tells me so; But reason doesn't rule in love, you know.
Perfect reason avoids all extremes.
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Deference and intimacy live far apart.
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