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In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.
None but the contemptible are apprehensive of contempt.
We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
All who know their own minds know not their own hearts.
The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.
To praise great actions is in some sense to share them.
Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.
When our hatred is too alive puts us below what we hate.
A man would rather say evil of himself than say nothing.
A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
History never embraces more than a small part of reality
Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.
Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself.
Envy is more incapable of reconciliation than hatred is.
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.
In love deceit nearly always goes further than mistrust.
We feel good and ill only in proportion to our self-love.
Οur own distrust somewhat justifies the deceit of others.
The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery.
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.
We arrive at the various stages of life quite as novices.
Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.
The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived.
We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
There are heroes of wickedness, as there are of goodness.
A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.
Friendship is insipid to those who have experienced love.
One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.
Female gossips are generally actuated by active ignorance.
Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.
To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.
A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed.
Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.
Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt
It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous.
A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.
Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.
Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.
If it were not for poetry, few men would ever fall in love.
Preserving the serious health condition is usually painful.