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- Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined thoughts. Chaste
- Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste. All
- It is not always from valor or from chastity that men are brave, and women chaste. Brave
- The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others. Ability
- What makes us so often discontented with those who transact business for us is that they almost always abandon the interest of their friends for… Abandon
- We give nothing so freely as advice. Advice
- It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have… Abilities
- Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and… Age
- Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. Base
- Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. Agreeable
- We torment ourselves rather to make it appear that we are happy than to become so. Appear
- The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune. Depends
- There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent. Genius
- When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it… Appear
- Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future… Advantage
- The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect. Affect
- To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect. Almost Infinite
- Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it. Easily
- Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping. Eloquence
- There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words. Air
- It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent. Ashamed
- He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men. Conflict
- It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves. Behalf
- People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice. From
- What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own. Insufferable
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