Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
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The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.
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A clever man should organize his self-interests in the order of their worth. Greediness often defeats its own end, by making us scratch for every trifle when we should dig for gold alone.
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That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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