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Untruth, 63. SEE Lying.

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[Hence the common proverb "Gratitude is merely a lively sense of favors

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that he talks sensibly while he acts foolishly. We may have a mind, but

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CX.--There are certain faults which placed in a good light please more

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should become faithless, to loose us from our fidelity. (1665, No. 85.)

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was doing, and without making use of the opportunity to promote the

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Nature should have given us goodness and valour.

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494.--What makes us see that men know their faults better than we

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Sentences, and Maxims of the Duke de la Rochefoucauld, newly translated

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124.--The most deceitful persons spend their lives in blaming deceit, so

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They have nothing settled in their manner and opinions. Instead of being

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difficulties. Bending easily to what it wants, it understands the

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288.--There are matters and maladies which at certain times remedies

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should determine our taste and give things the merit they deserve, and

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Rochefoucauld was soon to undergo a bitter disappointment. While

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[The modesty which pretends to refuse praise is but in truth a desire to

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according to our fears." But he was not even to receive promises; he

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448.--A well-trained mind has less difficulty in submitting to than in

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obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken,

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353.--A gentleman may love like a lunatic, but not like a beast.

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depositaries of the most important matters.

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have half confidences. They always embarrass those who give them, and

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pleasure than candidly to show me my faults. Those who know me most

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135.--We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from

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feelings, which are merely weaknesses, are naturally so strong that they

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makes everything follow in due rank and fall into its destined course.

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Moderation, 17, 18, 293, 308, III, IV.

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Wealth, Contempt of, 301.

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4.--Self love is more cunning than the most cunning man in the world.

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Despicable Persons, 322.

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Dependency, result of Confidence, R.I.

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81.--We can love nothing but what agrees with us, and we can only follow

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481.--Nothing is rarer than true good nature, those who think they have

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[Domitianus simplicitatis ac modestiae imagine studium litterarum et

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have given many noble examples on which to found such an opinion, still

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7.--Great and striking actions which dazzle the eyes are represented by

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99.--Politeness of mind consists in thinking chaste and refined

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LVII.--What a tiresome malady is that which forces one to preserve your

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43.--A man often believes himself leader when he is led; as his mind

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take in at once all that lay in his sight, but his good sense, perfect

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Recollection in Memory{, 313}.

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59.--There are no accidents so unfortunate from which skilful men will

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["Men venture necks to gain a fortune, The soldier does it ev{'}ry day,

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Anne of Austria regent, and Mazarin minister. The Queen's former friends

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Bordeaux were anxious to make peace, and save the city from destruction.

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137.--When not prompted by vanity we say little.

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concluded. He has great presence of mind, and knows so well how to turn

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26.--Neither the sun nor death can be looked at without winking.

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since that time have been too numerous to be enumerated. The great

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that stir up curiosity in other men. I am very secret, and I have less

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