Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.
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The most learned are often the most narrow minded.
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The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation.
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We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others. It is because I want a little breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters. . . .
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Envy is littleness of soul.
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Spleen can subsist on any kind of food.
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