We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.
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Nothing is given so willingly as advice.
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How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?
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A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.
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Old age is a tyrant, which forbids the pleasure of youth on pain of death.
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When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
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