Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
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In jealousy there is more of self-love, than of love to another.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.
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We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
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We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.
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