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IV., p. 60. Another proof that although these maxims are in some cases

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reader will find some repetitions, but also some very valuable maxims.]

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398.--Of all our faults that which we most readily admit is idleness: we

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Rochefoucauld left behind him only two works, the one, Memoirs of his

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so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after

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hopes, it is well nigh impossible to occupy it well, and to appear

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will seem deserving of the highest censure. The truest judgment as to

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453.--In great matters we should not try so much to create opportunities

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to the book in the remarks of a countryman of ours.

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union with our own natural qualities, which they imperceptibly extend

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subjects that concern them, but only so far as they like, and we

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imprisonment, but banished to his chateau at Verteuil.

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if I ever fall in love, it will assuredly be in love of that nature. But

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78.--The love of justice is simply in the majority of men the fear of

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This has made it so unpopular. It is too true. We dislike to be told

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LXVIII.--Hope and fear are inseparable. (To Madame De Sable, Ms., Fol.

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on the wheel danced on the scaffold. He seems to think that in his day

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Friendship, 80, 81, 83, 376, 410, 427, 440, 441, 473,

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against the English and Buckingham at the Ile de Re, was created a duke.

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dared own he was guilty of it, but in jest."--Mandeville: Fable Of The

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passions prove this truth, that of love exhibits it most clearly; for we

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To make society pleasant, it is essential that each should retain

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obstinately obtrude their tears, their sighs their groans, they wear a

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----------, rarer than love, 473.

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be mixed up with plots, at a time when he could not understand even

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mistress of our sentiments, our interests, and our pleasures; like the

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own turn, or in reaping something from the good fortune of our friends.

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------ in friendship, 426.

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68.--It is difficult to define love; all we can say is, that in the soul

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----, how to be, XLVII.

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metamorphoses, its refinements those of chemistry. We can neither plumb

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which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune; it is a

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exigencies of most of our friends who make a claim on our confidence,

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evil without producing the like. We imitate good actions by emulation,

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be remarked, and perceives what appears imperceptible. Therefore we must

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in the Faubourg St. Antoine, where the Parisians first learnt the use

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Chance, 57, 344, XCV. SEE Fortune.

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at one time will not seem so at another. This makes me think that few

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a light that they become more displeasing than her faults. If however

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appointed Master of the Horse (Grand Veneur) and Lord Chamberlain. His

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227.--Lucky people are bad hands at correcting their faults; they always

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Reflections on Various Subjects

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352.--We almost always are bored with persons with whom we should not be

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CXVI.--The greatest fault of penetration is not that it goes to the

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[This gave occasion to Swift's celebrated "Verses on his own Death."

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175.--Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy which causes our

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----, Coldness in, LX.

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affix a value to qualities which are good in themselves, but which do

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---------- of a Footman, 504, LXXV.

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the purpose, there is no less in knowing when to be silent. There is

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