"Now, if the passions had no hold..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal
Now, if the passions had no hold on us, a week and a hundred years would amount to the same.
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“Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.”
“If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.”
“Parents fear the destruction of natural affection in their children. What is this natural principle so liable to decay? Habit is a second nature, which destroys the first. Why is not custom nature? I suspect that this nature itself is but a first custom, as custom is a second nature.”