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Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

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No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

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Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love.

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Nothing so uncertain as general reputation. A man injures me from humor, passion, or interest; hates me because he has injured me; and speaks ill of me because he hates me.

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Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

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Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

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Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less.

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Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

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The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal.

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The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

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Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love.

Nothing so uncertain as general reputation. A man injures me from humor, passion, or interest; hates me because he has injured me; and speaks ill of me because he hates me.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less.

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

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