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The only rose without thorns is friendship.
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Love makes the greatest pleasures and most sensitive misfortunes of life.
Madeleine de Scudery
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It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.
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A jealous man always finds more than he is looking for.
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Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.
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The virtue which has never been attacked by temptation is deserving of no monument.
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Love makes mutes of those who habitually speak most fluently.
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Love is a capricious creature which desires everything and can be contented with almost nothing.
Madeleine de Scudery