There are two sorts of constancy in loveone arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

There are two sorts of constancy in loveone arises from continually discovering in the loved person new subjects for love, the other arises from our making a merit of being constant.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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