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1 " Teaching through works rather than speech, the deed before the word, is better and more thorough. "
― Abelard, ,
2 " It is sometimes dangerous to have too much merit. "
― Pierre Abélard ,
3 " We tarnish the luster of our most beautiful actions when we applaud them ourselves. "
― Héloïse d'Argenteuil ,
4 " How void of reason are men, said Seneca, to make distant evils present by reflections, and to take pains before death to lose all the joys of life. "
5 " When an evil threatens us, and it is impossible to ward it off, why do we give up ourselves to the unprofitable fear of it, which is yet even more tormenting than the evil itself? "
6 " I have long examined things, and have found that death is less dangerous than beauty. "
7 " What a shame it is that a philosopher cannot accept what might befall any man. "
8 " We are led along by an evil in our nature. We listen happilyto those who flatter us, and though we may say we are notworthy and a coy little blush may come over our cheeks,still the soul within us is very glad to hear the praise. "
9 " The cup of sinners overflows with so enchanting a sweetness, and we are naturally so much inclined to taste it, that it needs only to be offered to us. "
10 " Temptations have their degrees, they are at first mere thoughts and do not appear dangerous; the imagination receives them without any fears; the pleasure grows; we dwell upon it, and at last we yield to it. "
11 " When we fall from a state of happiness with what impatience do we bear our misfortunes! "