"What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one."
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"Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like."
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"One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger."
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"Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity."
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"Cunning and treachery proceed from want of capacity."
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"Indolence, languid as it is, often masters both passions and virtues."
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"Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not."
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"Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices."
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"It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever."
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"Love's greatest miracle is the curing of coquetry."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it."
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"We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all."
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"Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping."
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"The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves."
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"Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end."
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"Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another."
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"Only great men have great faults."
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"We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies."
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"We are never so happy, nor so unhappy, as we suppose ourselves to be."
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