We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.
To exaggerate is to weaken.
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself.
We weaken what we exaggerate.
We never forget those who make us blush.
To teach successfully we must tell all we know, but only what is adaptable to the student.
Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden.