"Weak people cannot be sincere."
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"A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage."
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"In the presence of some people we inevitably depart From ourselves: we are inaccurate, we say things we do not feel, And talk nonsense. When we get home we are conscious that we Have made fools of ourselves. Never go near these people."
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"The simplest man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without."
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"We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity"
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"A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win."
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"It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp."
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"Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself."
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"We sometimes differ more widely from ourselves than we do from others."
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"We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it."
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"Organize one's values in the order of their worth"
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"Idleness and fear keeps us in the path of duty, but our virtue often gets the praise."
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"Envy is more irreconcilable than hatred."
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"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joseph Gillespie, July 13, 1849 Friendship is insipid to those who have experienced love."
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"A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce."
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"We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones."
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"A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice."
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"The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves. [Fr., Ce qui fait que amants et les maitresses ne s'ennuient point d'etre ensemble; c'est qu'ils parlent toujours d'eux memes.]"
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"Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them."
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"Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans."
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