We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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Jealousy is, in some sort, rational and just it aims at the preservation of a good which belongs, or which we think belongs, to us whereas envy is a frenzy that cannot endure, even in idea, the good of others.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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The love of Justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering Injustice.
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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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Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.
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We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.
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