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The passions do very often gi...

The passions do very often give birth to others of a nature most contrary to their own. Thus avarice sometimes brings forth prodigality, and prodigality avarice; a man's resolution is very often the effect of levity, and his boldness that of cowardice and fear.

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The whimsicalness of our own ...

The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we blame so much in fortune.

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Constancy in love is of two s...

Constancy in love is of two sorts: One is the effect of new excellencies that are always presenting themselves afresh, and attractour affections continually; the other is only from a point of honor, and a taking of pride not to change.

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The evil that we do does not ...

The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.

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We are deceived if we think t...

We are deceived if we think that mind and judgment are two different matters: judgment is but the extent of the light of the mind. This light penetrates to the bottom of matters; it remarks all that can be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must agree that it is the extent of the light in the mind that produces all the effects which we attribute to judgment.

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The hate of favourites is onl...

The hate of favourites is only a love of favour. The envy of NOT possessing it, consoles and softens its regrets by the contempt it evinces for those who possess it, and we refuse them our homage, not being able to detract from them what attracts that of the rest of the world.

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The largest ambition has the ...

The largest ambition has the least appearance of ambition when it meets with an absolute impossibility in compassing its object.

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People are often vain of thei...

People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

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The caprice of our temper is ...

The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune.

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The contempt of riches in phi...

The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.

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What renders us so changeable...

What renders us so changeable in our friendship is, that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but easy to know those of the mind.

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We often persuade ourselves t...

We often persuade ourselves to love people who are more powerful than we are, yet interest alone produces our friendship; we do not give our hearts away for the good we wish to do, but for that we expect to receive.

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Men and things have each thei...

Men and things have each their proper perspective; to judge rightly of some it is necessary to see them near, of others we can never judge rightly but at a distance.

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Neither love nor fire can sub...

Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease to hope, or to fear.

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Instead of considering that t...

Instead of considering that the worst way to persuade or please others is to try thus strongly to please ourselves, and that to listen well and to answer well are some of the greatest charms we can have in conversation.

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There are persons whose only ...

There are persons whose only merit consists in saying and doing stupid things at the right time, and who ruin all if they change their manners.

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A man for whom accident disco...

A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.

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A man is perhaps ungrateful, ...

A man is perhaps ungrateful, but often less chargeable with ingratitude than his benefactor is.

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We often act treacherously mo...

We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.

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Too great cleverness is but d...

Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.

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