"Only strong natures can really be sweet..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.
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“All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.”
“We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.”
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“Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion.”