Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDNeither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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People’s personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.
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In love we often doubt what we most believe.
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The heart is forever making the head its fool.
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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.
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We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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