The fame of great men ought always to be estimated by the means used to acquire it.
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Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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