Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.
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From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
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Desert and reward, I can assure her, seldom keep company.
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What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
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