“Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.”
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Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.