A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.
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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
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What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
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A clever man should organize his self-interests in the order of their worth. Greediness often defeats its own end, by making us scratch for every trifle when we should dig for gold alone.
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What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.
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