Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places in the right set already taken, and they do not want back seats.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThat which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe should desire very few things passionately if we did but perfectly know the nature of the things we desire.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld