An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written in writing what deserves to be read and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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