He is not to pass for a man of reason who stumbles upon reason by chance but he who knows it and can judge it and has a true taste for it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
weakness character
A man is sometimes as different from himself as he is from others.
man
A man's worth has its season, like fruit.
worth man
A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.
Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.
Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
example man
chance man
If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
silence man
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
man mind
The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
proof man men
When a man is in love, he doubts, very often, what he most firmly believes.
doubt man
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