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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. - Maxims (no. 152) [Praise] It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence. - Maxims (no. 178) [Speech] The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers. - Maxims (no. 18) [Moderation] There are heroes in evil as well as in good. - Maxims (no. 194) [Heroes] We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all those who have not a single virtue. - Maxims (no. 195) [Vice] Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time. - Maxims (no. 220) [Ballads] Coquetry is the essential characteristic, and the prevalent humor of women; but they do not all practise it, because the coquetry of some is restrained by fear or by reason. - Maxims (no. 252) [Coquetry] Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome malady. - Maxims (no. 285) [Health] Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. - Maxims (no. 3) [Self-love] In jealousy there is more self-love than love. - Maxims (no. 334) [Jealousy] Women know not the whole of their coquetry. - Maxims (no. 342) [Coquetry] The greatest miracle of love is the cure of coquetry. - Maxims (no. 359) [Coquetry] We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. - Maxims (no. 39) [Promises] A man does not please long when he has only species of wit. - Maxims (no. 438) [Wit] Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice. - Maxims (no. 508) [Satire] A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it. - Maxims (no. 529) [Wit] The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it. - Maxims (no. 9) [Oratory] How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves. - Maxims (no. 90) [Secrecy] The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in what we excite. - Maxims 78 [Love] There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the air of a speaker as in his choice of words. - Maxims and Moral Sentences (no. 261) [Eloquence] True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. - Maxims and Moral Sentences (no. 262) [Eloquence] We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. [Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete dans le peril.] - Premier Supplement (42) [Courage] The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others. [Fr., La confiance que l'on a en soi fait naitre la plus grande partie de celle que l'on a aux authres.] - Premier Supplement (49) [Confidence] All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. [Fr., Toutes les passions ne sout autre chose que les divers degres de la chaleur et de la froideur du sang.] - Premier Supplement (VIII) [Passion] Badness of memory every one complains of, but nobody of the want of judgment. - Reflections and Moral Maxims (no. 463) [Memory] Displaying page 16 of 16 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [16]
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