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- What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.
- Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)
- His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
- Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
- We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds: we can all do good deeds, but very few of us can think good thoughts.
- Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)
- Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinion of others.
- Sir Henry Taylor
- Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
- It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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