It is sometimes useful to pretend we are deceived, because when we show a deceiving man that we see through his artifices, we only encourage him to increase his deceptions.
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In knowledge of human affairs, we should never allow our minds to be enslaved by others by subjecting ourselves to their whims. We must maintain freedom of thought, and never accept anything of purely human authority into our heads. When we are presented with a diversity of opinions, we must choose, if we can if we cannot, we must remain in doubt.Marquise Magdeleine de Sablé
We judge matters so superficially that ordinary acts and words, done and spoken with some flair and some knowledge of worldly matters, often succeed better than the greatest cleverness.
Marquise Magdeleine de Sablé
There is little advantage in pleasing ourselves when we please no one else, for our great self-love is often chastised by the scorn of others.
Marquise Magdeleine de Sablé
It is a strength of character to acknowledge our failings and our strong points, and it is a weakness of character not to remain in harmony with both the good and the bad that is within us.
Marquise Magdeleine de Sablé
The foolish acts of others ought to serve more as a lesson to us than an occasion to laugh at those who commit them.
Marquise Magdeleine de Sablé
When people reproach us, they only increase their own failings even as they are disclaiming them.
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