Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
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A shrewd man has to arrange his interests in order of importance and deal with them one by one but often our greed upsets this order and makes us run after so many things at once that through over-anxiety to obtain the trivial, we miss the most important.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
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There goes another beautiful theory about to be murdered by a brutal gang of facts.
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It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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