All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.
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There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
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However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
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In jealousy there is more of self-love, than of love to another.
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