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To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to...
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Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations...
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When you have no basis of argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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We often choose a friend as we do a mistress — for no particular...
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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He...
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Appearances often are deceiving.
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A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind.
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People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as...
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I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked...
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The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other...