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Chamfort makes me laugh and think at the same time; that is true wit. - [Thought] Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment. - [Joy] Every one speaks of it, few know it. - [Happiness] Flirtation is the tomb of virtue. - [Flirting] If the world despises hypocrites, what must be the estimate of them in heaven? - [Hypocrisy] In delicate souls love never presents itself but under the veil of esteem. - [Delicacy] Leisure will always be found by persons who know how to employ their time; those who want time are the people who do nothing. - [Leisure] O liberty! liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name. - [Liberty] Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant. - [Selfishness] Society is ever ready to worship success, but rarely forgives failure. - [Society] The feeble howl with the wolves, bray with the asses, and bleat with the sheep. - [Weakness] The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. - [Opinion] We treat fortune like a mistress--the more she yields, the more we demand. - [Fortune] What indulgence does the world extend to those evil-speakers who, under the mask of friendship, stab indiscriminately with the keen, though rusty blade of slander! - [Slander] O liberty! how many crimes are committed in thy name! [Fr., O liberte! que de crimes on commet dans ton nom!] - Memoirs--Appendix [Liberty]
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