Truth does not do so much good in the world, As the appearance of it does evil.
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Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.
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We give nothing so freely as advice.
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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
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However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
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