"The heart of man ever finds a..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The heart of man ever finds a constant succession of passions, so that the destroying and pulling down of one proves generally tobe nothing else but the production and the setting up of another.
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“Perfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur.”
“The most clever and polite are content with only seeming attentive while we perceive in their mind and eyes that at the very time they are wandering from what is said and desire to return to what they want to say.”
“Misers mistake gold for their good; whereas 'tis only a means of attaining it.”
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“The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.”
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“Her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of pure love”
“I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.”