We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.
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As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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