"He who receives a benefit should never forget……" — Pierre Charron
"He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it."
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17 Quotes by Pierre Charron
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All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at…
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The true science and study of mankind is man.
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
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The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is…
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The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and…
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God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.
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Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but…
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Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.
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Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire…
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite, are yet so contrived by nature as to be constant companions; and it is…
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[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of…
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Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly…
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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