To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be thought so.
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If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.
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Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a wearisome malady.
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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
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