Book: Maxims and moral reflections. Page 2

We briefly would be enough good feelings, which we owe to our friends and benefactors, if we had allowed ourselves plenty to say about their shortcomings.

Other advantages of this vision or hearing: people deprived of these advantages, are not able to see and appreciate them in others.

Too fierce hatred places us below those whom we hate.

Just a coincidence opens up our identity to others and, most importantly, ourselves.

The reason we resent people who with us are evil, they think they're smarter than us.

Sometimes we are not so hard to submit to the coercion of others like himself for something to force yourself.

No matter how little we may trust our interlocutors, we still think that they are sincere with us than with anyone else.

People sometimes inherent Majesty, which does not depend on the favor of fate: it manifests itself in the way you hold yourself, which allocates human and if he predicts a very bright future, and in that assessment, which he unwittingly gives himself. It is this quality that attracts us to respect others and rise above them, as could not raise nor origin, nor the rank, or even virtue.

We may seem significant, occupying a position that is lower than our strengths, but we often seem insignificant, occupying a position too high for us.

Insight gives us this knowing that it flatters our vanity more than any other quality of mind.

Most of my friends disgusts friendship, and most of the pious people - to godliness.

We have there would be very few cravings, if we knew exactly what we wanted.

When fate lifts us immediately to such a height that we could not and dream, it almost always turns out that we are not able to keep yourself adequately in the new position.

Our pride often increases due to the flaws that we managed to overcome.