“ Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. ”
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“ Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome malady. ”
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“ Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome malady. ”
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“ We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all those who have not a single virtue. ”
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- 149
“ We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. ”
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“ True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world! ”
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“ Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner. ”
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“ We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. ”
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“ Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome malady. ”
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“ All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. ”
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“ How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves. ”
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“ Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice. ”
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“ All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood. ”
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“ It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. ”
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“ That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own. ”
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“ Too great refinement is false delicacy, and true delicacy is solid refinement. ”
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“ We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire. ”
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“ Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice. ”
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“ Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. ”
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“ It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. ”
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“ Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. ”
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“ The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad originals. ”
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“ Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome malady. ”
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“ We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. ”
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“ Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome malady. ”
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“ One may outwit another, but not all the others. ”
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“ The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and in the heart as much as in the language. ”
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“ Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. ”
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