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- The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.
- The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
- The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.
- Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.
- 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…
- 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…
- Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor.
- We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like…
- Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor.
- Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all…
- Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we…
- The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.
- When we exaggerate our friends' tenderness towards us, it is often less from gratitude than from a desire to exhibit our own virtue.
- We have more ability than will power, and it is often an excuse to ourselves that we imagine that things are impossible.
- Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence…
- We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.
- The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit.
- What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving.
- The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance
- In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.
- On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition -…
- We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
- What we take for virtue is often nothing but an assemblage of different actions, and of different interests, that fortune or our industry knows how…
- It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and…
- We often pay our debts not because it is only fair that we should, but to make future loans easier.
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