The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.
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We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.
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Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
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It is easier to deceive yourself, and to do so unperceived, than to deceive another.
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As love increases, prudence diminishes.
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Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
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