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A coxcomb is the blockhead's m...

A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

All the world says of a coxcom...

All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

It is very rare to find ground...

It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces briers and pines. It is the same with man; if he is not virtuous, he becomes vicious.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

Cunning is none of the best no...

Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought not to be supplied by prudence.

Jean de La Bruyere 517 quotes

Great things astonish us, and ...

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

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Caprice in women often infring...

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

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The nearer we approach great m...

The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men.

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Dissimulation, even the most i...

Dissimulation, even the most innocent in its nature, is ever productive of embarrassment; whether the design is evil or not artifice is always dangerous and almost inevitably disgraceful.

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A prince wants only the pleasu...

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

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Duty is what goes most against...

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.

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The pleasure a man of honor en...

The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.

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An egotist will always speak o...

An egotist will always speak of himself, either in praise or in censure, but a modest man ever shuns making himself the subject of his conversation.

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Avoid making yourself the subj...

Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation.

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Laziness begat wearisomeness, ...

Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.

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He who excels in his art so as...

He who excels in his art so as to carry it to the utmost height of perfection of which it is capable may be said in some measure to go beyond it: his transcendent productions admit of no appellations.

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Extremes are vicious, and proc...

Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.

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Favor exalts a man above his e...

Favor exalts a man above his equals, but his dismissal from that favor places him below them.

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A fool is one whom simpletons ...

A fool is one whom simpletons believe to be a man on merit.
[Fr., Un fat celui que les sots croient un homme de merite.]

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An assembly of the states, a c...

An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.

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To give awkwardly is churlishn...

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

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