Vice is man's nature virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm.
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Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others, who feel that the world has done them justice.
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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
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