It is never so difficult to speak as when we are ashamed of our silence.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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The reason so few men can carry on a sensible and agreeable conversation is that there is hardly one but thinks more of what he himself intends to say than of what is being said to him by others. Sometimes even the cleverest and politest man only feigns attention, while we can see by his eyes that his mind has gone back to polish up his own remarks. He does not consider that the worst way to win over others is to talk for his own pleasure, and that the best conversationalist is he who listens with care and answers to the point.
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There are ways which lead to everything, and if we have sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.
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There are few people who are not ashamed of their love affairs when the infatuation is over.
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We confess our faults, to make amends by our sincerity for the harm they have done us in the opinion of others.
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