French author (1613-1680)
That man who has never been in danger cannot answer for his courage.
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Madmen and fools see everything through the medium of humor.
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Not to love is in love an infallible means of being loved.
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The surest way to be cheated is to fancy ourselves more cunning than others.
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A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.
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The love of justice is, in most men, nothing more than the fear of suffering injustice.
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The desire of appearing persons of ability often prevents our being so.
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Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design.
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In love, the quickest is always the best cure.
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Whatever difference may appear in men's fortunes, there is nevertheless a certain compensation of good and ill that makes all equal.
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Not all who discharge their debts of gratitude should flatter themselves that they are grateful.
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The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit.
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Before we passionately desire a thing, we should examine the happiness of its possessor.
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We had better appear what we are, than affect to appear what we are not.
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However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.
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The head is always the bubble of the heart.
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An extraordinary haste to discharge an obligation is a sort of ingratitude.
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Hope and fear are inseparable.
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We can't bear to be deceived by our enemies, and betrayed by our friends; yet are often content to be so served by ourselves.
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Hypocrisy is the homage of vice to virtue.
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