When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
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We often boast that we are never bored, but yet we are so conceited that we do not perceive how often we bore others.
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Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly.
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Fortune and humor govern the world.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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