The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

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If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength.

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To establish oneself in the world, one has to do all one can to appear established.

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No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

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If we judge of love by its usual effects, it resembles hatred more than friendship.

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The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old.

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Minds of moderate caliber ordinarily condemn everything which is beyond their range.

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All the passions make us commit faults love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

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We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood our motives.

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If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

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