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“Some weak people are so sensible of their weakness as to be able to make a good use of it.”
“It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.”
“Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck, that of the people.”
“He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.”
“Some people resemble ballads which are only sung for a certain time.”
“It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.”
“Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement.”
“It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.”
“People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.”
“Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.”
“It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.”
“Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices.”
“Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.”
“There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.”
“Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.”
“The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.”
“The prospect of being pleased tomorrow will never console me for the boredom of today.”
“That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.”
“More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.”
“We endeavor to make a virtue of the faults we are unwilling to correct.”
“It requires no small degree of ability to know when to conceal one's ability.”
“Our actions are like blank rhymes, to which everyone applies what sense he pleases.”
“We easily forget crimes that are known to none but ourselves.”
“A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.”
“Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.”