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- It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others.
- The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves.
- All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.
- The height of ability in the least able consists in knowing how to submit to the good leadership of others.
- 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…
- It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.
- A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he…
- We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.
- It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.
- There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us and others who please us in spite of their faults.
- Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all…
- Opportunity makes us known to others, but more to ourselves.
- Some allow themselves to be overcome by panic, and others charge because they dare not remain at their posts. Some may be found whose courage…
- Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the…
- 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…
- We are never so easily deceived as when we imagine we are deceiving others.
- We often bore others when we think we cannot possibly bore them.
- We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.
- The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
- We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
- We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.
- It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.
- It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.
- Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.
- It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.
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- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
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