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Pierre Charron
French
Philosopher
About the author
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
Pierre Charron,
French
Philosopher
#Cunning
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good.
Pierre Charron,
French
Philosopher
#Study
#Wisdom
The true science and study of man is man.
Pierre Charron,
French
Philosopher
#Study
#Science
#Man
God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.
Pierre Charron,
French
Philosopher
#God
#Study
#World
#Man
#Word
#Nature
#Deed
Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.
Pierre Charron,
French
Philosopher
#Pleasure
#Pain