The intellect is always fooled by the heart.
From Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.
Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.
Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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