Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDThe surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
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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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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
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There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
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Some people displease with merit, and others’ very faults and defects are pleasing.
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We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.
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In sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love.
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What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
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It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
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We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
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