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La Rochefoucauld 175: Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy which causes our heart to attach...
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Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy which causes our heart to attach itself to all the qualities of the person we love in succession, sometimes giving the preference to one, sometimes to another. This constancy is merely inconstancy fixed, and limited to the same person.
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François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims (1665) · laroch_175
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