If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take so much pleasure in remarking them in others.
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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
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The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we grow old.
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Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.
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