What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.

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Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters.

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Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

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Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

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The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

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She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

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The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

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