The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
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The more we love the nearer we are to hate.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.
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When a man's acts are honest and just, it is hard to know if they result from righteousness or cleverness.
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