Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
Men willingly believe what they wish.
Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
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