François de La Rochefoucauld - Heart Quotes

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The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

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Every one speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to speak well of his mind.

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A man will often believe himself a leader when he is led; while with his mind he endeavors to reach one goal, his heart insensibly drags him toward another.

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The steadfastness of the wise is but the art of keeping their agitation locked in their hearts.

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Though sincerity and confidence have many points of resemblance, they have yet many points of difference. Sincerity is an openness of heart, which shows us what we are, a love of truth, a dislike to deception, a wish to compensate our faults and to lessen them by the merit of confessing them.

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The mind is always the dupe of the heart.

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Everyone speaks well of his heart; no one dares speak well of his mind.

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Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

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The heart of a coquette is like a rose, of which the lovers pluck the leaves, leaving only the thorns for the husband.

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Those who know their minds do not know their hearts.

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In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions, such that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another.

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The accent of one's birthplace lingers in the mind and in the heart as it does in one's speech.

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