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Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes: Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.
         

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.


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When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.



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Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.



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