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The fame of great men ought always to be estimated by the means used to acquire it. - [Fame] The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery. - [Gallantry] The generality of friends puts us out of conceit with friendship; just as the generality of religious people puts us out of conceit with religion. - [Friends] The generality of men have, like plants, latent properties, which chance brings to light. - [Chance] The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune. - [Fortune] The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. - [Temper] The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less upon their dispositions than their fortunes. - [Happiness] The head is ever the dupe of the heart. - [Heart] The health of the soul is as precarious as that of the body; for when we seem secure from passions, we are no less in danger of their infection than we are of falling ill when we appear to be well. - [Soul] The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live. - [Ability] The intellect of the generality of women serves more to fortify their folly than their reason. - [Intellect] The less you trust others, the less you will be deceived. - [Trust] The love of glory, the fear of shame, the design of making a fortune, the desire of rendering life easy and agreeable, and the humor of pulling down other people, are often the causes of that valor so celebrated among men. - [Valor] The man who has never been in danger cannot answer for his courage. - [Courage] The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see. - [Parting] The mark of extraordinary merit is to see those most envious of it constrained to praise. - [Merit] The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them. - [Wealth] The most dangerous weakness of old people who have been amiable is to forget they are no longer so. - [Age] The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others. - [Cunning] The most violent passions give some respite, but vanity always disturbs us. - [Vanity] The ordinary employment of artifice is the mark of a petty mind; and it almost always happens that he who uses it to cover himself in one place uncovers himself in another. - [Artifice] The praise we give to new comers into the world arises from the envy we bear to those who are established. - [Applause] The reason for misreckoning in expected returns of gratitude is that the pride of the giver and receiver can never agree about the value of the obligation. - [Gratitude] The refusal of praise is only the wish to be praised twice. - [Praise] The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for divination is a mark of the good opinion we have of others, and nothing flatters their self-love more. - [Conversation] Displaying page 9 of 16 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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