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Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice. - [Self-love] Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions. - [Motive] Silence is the best resolve for him who distrusts himself. - [Silence] Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself. - [Silence] Simplicity is a delicate imposition. - [Simplicity] Sincerity is an openness of heart; it is found in a very few people, and that which we see commonly is not it, but a subtle dissimulation, to gain the confidence of others. - [Sincerity] Some persons of weak understanding are so sensible of that weakness, as to be able to make a good use of it. - [Ability] Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it. - [Weakness] Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly. - [Accident] Sometimes we lose friends for whose loss our regret is greater than our grief, and others for whom our grief is greater than our regret. - [Friends] That conduct sometimes seems ridiculous, in the eyes of the world, the secret reasons for which, may, in reality, be wise and solid. - [Conduct] The ambitious deceive themselves when they propose an end to their ambition; for that end, when attained, becomes a means. - [Ambition] The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit. - sometimes attributed to Jean de la Bruyere [Merit] The art of putting well into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than true merit achieves. - [Mediocrity] The art of using moderate abilities to advantage wins praise, and often acquires more reputation than actual brilliancy. - [Ability] The blindness of men is the most dangerous effect of their pride; it seems to nourish and augment it; it deprives them of knowledge of remedies which can solace their miseries and can cure their faults. - [Blindness] The common foible of women who been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so. - [Beauty] The common practice of cunning is the sign of a small genius; it almost always happens that those who use it to cover themselves in one place lay themselves open in another. - [Cunning] The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. - [Self-control] The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self. - [Constancy] The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them. - [Riches] The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old. - [Age] The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old. - [Understanding] The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so. - [Pretension] The extreme pleasure we take in talking of ourselves should make us fear that we give very little to those who listen to us. - [Conversation] Displaying page 8 of 16 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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