We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
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I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
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The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a life well spent is eternal.
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for the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is demoralizing.
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Reason should direct and appetite obey.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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