Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference.
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In jealousy there is more of self-love, than of love to another.
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There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.
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There is an eloquent silence it serves sometimes to approve, sometimes to condemn there is a mocking silence there is a respectful silence.
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There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be thought so.
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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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