Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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