A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.

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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

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When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.

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The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.

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We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

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Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

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We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.

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