"The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one."
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"Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do."
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"Everyone takes pleasure in returning small obligations, many people acknowledge moderate ones; but there are only a scarce few who do not pay great ones with ingratitude."
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"To understand matters rightly we should understand their details; and as that knowledge is almost infinite, our knowledge is always superficial and imperfect."
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"All our qualities, whether good or bad, are unstable and ambiguous, and almost all are at the mery of chance."
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"Almost everyone takes pleasure in repaying trifling obligations, very many feel gratitude for those that are moderate; but there is scarcely anyone who is not ungrateful for those that are weighty."
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"The gallantry of the mind consists in agreeable flattery."
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"The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one's self."
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"We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary."
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"Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm."
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"A man, in order to establish himself in the world, does everything he can to appear established there."
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"Often we are firm from weakness, and audacious from timidity."
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"It is with certain good qualities as with the senses; those who have them not can neither appreciate nor comprehend them in others."
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"The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth"
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"There is such a thing as a general revolution which changes the taste of men as it changes the fortunes of the world."
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"Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor."
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"A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them."
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"A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend."
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"Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words."
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"The greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them."
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