Pierre Charron
Pierre Charron
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
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Mutability is the badge of infirmity. It is seldom that a man continues to wish and design the same thing two days alike. Now he is for marrying; and now a mistress is preferred to a wife. Now he is ambitious and aspiring; presently the meanest servant is not more humble than he. This hour he squanders his money away; the next he turns miser. Sometimes he is frugal and serious; at other times profuse, airy, and gay.
worthy obligation
To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.
folly
The shortest follies are the best.
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Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite, are yet so contrived by nature as to be constant companions; and it is a fact that the same motions and muscles of the face are employed both in laughing and crying.
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The true science and study of man is man.