Characteristics in the Manner of Rochefoucaults Maxims
The book Characteristics in the Manner of Rochefoucaults Maxims was written by author Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 Here you can read free online of Characteristics in the Manner of Rochefoucaults Maxims book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Characteristics in the Manner of Rochefoucaults Maxims a good or bad book?
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Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth. CCLXVII. A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person. CCLXVIII. Fontenelle said, " If his hand were fuU of truths, he would not open his fingers to let them out. " Was this a satire on truth or on mankind ? CCLXIX. The best kind of conversation is that whi...ch CHARACTERISTICS. 97 is made up of observations, reflections, and anec- dotes. A string of stories without application is as tiresome as a long-winded argument. CCLXX. The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from re- prisals, and have no hope of rising in their own esteem, but by lowering their neighbours. The severest critics are always those, who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition. CCLXXI. More remarks are made upon any one's dress, looks, &c.
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