Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, But never of judgment.
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Enthusiasm is the most convincing orator it is like the functioning of an infallible law of nature. The simplest man, fired with enthusiasm, is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.
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In jealousy there is more of self-love, than of love to another.
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Weakness is the only fault that is incorrigible.
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What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
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