A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
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There is nothing more likely to drive a person mad than...an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
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The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
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Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.
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There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.
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Envy, among other ingredients, has a mixture of love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good fortune.
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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
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The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
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Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
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