So weak persons who are always excited by
passions are seldom really possessed of any.
478.--Fancy does not enable us to invent so many
different contradictions as there are by nature in every
heart.
479.--It is only people who possess firmness who
can possess true gentleness. In those who appear
gentle it is generally only weakness, which is readily
converted into harshness.
480.--Timidity is a fault which is dangerous to
blame in those we desire to cure of it.
481.--Nothing is rarer than true good nature, those
who think they have it are generally only pliant or weak.
482.--The mind attaches itself by idleness and habit
to whatever is easy or pleasant. This habit always places
bounds to our knowledge, and no one has ever yet
taken the pains to enlarge and expand his mind to
the full extent of its capacities.
483.--Usually we are more satirical from vanity
than malice.
484.--When the heart is still disturbed by the relics
of a passion it is proner to take up a new one than
when wholly cured.
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