Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
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True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
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The sure way to be cheated is to think one's self more cunning than others.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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