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Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.

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Health, Malady, Severe

More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.

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Men, Design, Weakness

It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.

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Character, Fortune, Miscellaneous

The only thing constant in life is change

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Life, Motivational, Change

Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.

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Incapacity, Cunning, Treachery

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

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Violence, Patient, Violent

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

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Love, Relationship, Affair

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

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Jealousy, Self, Self Love

The judgments our enemies make about us come nearer to the truth than those we make about ourselves.

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Vanity, Enemy, Judgment

Humility is often a false front we employ to gain power over others.

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Humility, Gains, Power Over Others

Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.

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Thinking, Mind, Capacity

Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.

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Running, Missing, Looks

Man only blames himself in order that he may be praised.

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Men, Order, May

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

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Thinking, People, Opinion

There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words.

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Eye, Voice, Air

It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

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Love, True Love, Cheesy Love

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

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Betrayal, People, Way

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

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Coquette, Seems

One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines.

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Imagine, Unfortunate, Fortunate

A good woman is a hidden treasure; who discovers her will do well not to boast about it.

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Women, Good Woman, Treasure

We rarely ever perceive others as being sensible, except for those who agree with us.

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Agreement, Sensible, Perceive

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

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Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom
"The Moral Maxims and Reflections". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld. Maxim 132, 1678.

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and fortune.

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Wise, Mistake, Errors

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

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Matter, Trifling, Incapable

Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

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Thankful, Gratitude, Secret

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