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We often see malefactors, whe...

We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.

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Praise is a more ingenious, c...

Praise is a more ingenious, concealed, and subtle kind of flattery, that satisfies both the giver and the receiver, though by verydifferent ways. The one accepts it as a reward due to his merit; the other gives it that he may be looked upon as a just and discerning person.

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Criticism sometimes is really...

Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.

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Affected simplicity is a subt...

Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

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It is oftener by the estimati...

It is oftener by the estimation of our own feelings that we exaggerate the good qualities of others than by their merit, and when we praise them we wish to attract their praise.

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Virtues lose themselves in se...

Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

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We often pride ourselves on e...

We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.

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Sometimes we think we dislike...

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

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In the human heart there is a...

In the human heart there is a ceaseless birth of passions, so that the destruction of one is almost always the establishment of another.

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Truth has scarce done so much...

Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.

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Our probity is not less at th...

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

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Prudence and love are inconsi...

Prudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.

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The thing that makes our frie...

The thing that makes our friendships so short and changeable is that the qualities and dispositions of the soul are very hard to know, and those of the understanding and wit very easy.

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However evil men may be they ...

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it.

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The reason we do not let our ...

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.

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Whatever discoveries we may h...

Whatever discoveries we may have made in the regions of self-love, there still remain many unknown lands.

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Self-love increases or dimini...

Self-love increases or diminishes for us the good qualities of our friends, in proportion to the satisfaction we feel with them; and we judge of their merit by the manner in which they act towards us.

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Ridicule dishonours more than...

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

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Self-love, as it happens to b...

Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice.

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Idleness and constancy fix th...

Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go.

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