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It is a common fault never to...

It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.

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Eloquence resides as much in ...

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

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There are some people upon wh...

There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments do not become them.

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What makes us so bitter again...

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

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Nothing is rarer than real go...

Nothing is rarer than real goodness.

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If vanity does not entirely o...

If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.

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It is as commendable to think...

It is as commendable to think well of oneself when alone, as it is ridiculous to speak well of oneself among others.

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The art of using moderate abi...

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance

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We acknowledge our faults in ...

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.

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The passions of youth are not...

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.

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Our desires always disappoint...

Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation. [However disappointment can always be removed if we remember it could have turned out worse.]

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There is no accident so unfor...

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

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The tranquility or agitation ...

The tranquility or agitation of our temper does not depend so much on the big things which happen to us in life, as on the pleasant or unpleasant arrangements of the little things which happen daily.

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In every walk of life each ma...

In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities.

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Strength and weakness of mind...

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.

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Jealousy springs more from lo...

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

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The breeding we give young pe...

The breeding we give young people is ordinarily but an additional self-love, by which we make them have a better opinion of themselves.

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Humility is often only the pu...

Humility is often only the putting on of a submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a morecalculated sort of pride, which debases itself with a design of being exalted; and though this vice transform itself into a thousand several shapes, yet the disguise is never more effectual nor more capable of deceiving the world than when concealed under a form of humility.

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The most violent passions som...

The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.

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There are people who would ne...

There are people who would never have been in love, had they never heard love spoken of.

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