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numbered. The second in 1666 contained only 102; the third in 1671, and

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they have told them, are most tedious companions."--Montaigne, {Essays,

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believe that they follow ours.

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our greatest towards others.

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Conversation, 139, 140, 142, 312, 313, 314, 364, 391,

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and with much greater force.]

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to be warned of the cessation of love, than from a desire to be assured

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18.--Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt

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who have more than ourselves without hurting by this preference the

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XXVI.--We never forget things so well as when we are tired of talking of

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limited to little matters, yet it is not absolutely incompatible with

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Translated from the Editions of 1678 and 1827 with introduction, notes,

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"In the first place, to speak of my temper. I am melancholy, and I have

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Claude Barbin, et Matre Cramoisy 1692,"* some fifty Maxims were added,

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when they have satisfied their idleness, and wish to appear industrious.

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a complacency in some singular infirmities, follies, or defects of one

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Bartholomew. His son, the fourth count, saved with difficulty from that

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480.--Timidity is a fault which is dangerous to blame in those we desire

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whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

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explaining away all particular affection, and representing the whole

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446.--What makes the grief of shame and jealousy so acute is that vanity

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are clear and true, and they find the reason for their taste in their

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487.--We have more idleness in the mind than in the body.

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often imitate the same person without perceiving it, and we neglect our

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favour of Cardinal Richelieu, but when she became regent she bestowed

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14.--Men are not only prone to forget benefits and injuries; they even

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151.--It is easier to govern others than to prevent being governed.

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books in Paris, the property of the nation.

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the greater part of those I do. It is a fault I know well, and I should

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and nothing more. Though rather beyond our subject, the character of

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neither sees, nor hears, nor smells, nor moves; thus it is that the same

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joined by the Duc de Bouillon, and he and the Duke marched to, and

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Complaisance is essential in society, but it should have its limits,

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often acquires more reputation than real brilliancy.

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443.--The most violent passions give some respite, but vanity always

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LXXVI.--Many persons wish to be devout; but no one wishes to be humble.

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261.--The usual education of young people is to inspire them with a

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["Every woman is at heart a rake."--Pope. Moral Essays, ii.]

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286.--It is impossible to love a second time those whom we have really

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the life of such servants was so miserable that their merriment was very

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to be a wholly good man that my friend cannot afford me a greater

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occupy their time with it.

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Violence, 363, 369, 466, CXIII.

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and natural fancies, places them in their best light, clothes them with

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clever only in what does not concern them, and the reverse in all that

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Marquis de Liancourt.

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peccant." Juvenal, Sat. vi., 134.]

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rivalled La Rochefoucauld or La Bruyere was the Earl of Chesterfield,

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and seek to know all about us. We should never allow them to acquire

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that generally 'tis but vanity, or the inability to keep a secret.

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