If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.
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I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.
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