The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.
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The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.
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There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.
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When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
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It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.
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If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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Usually we praise only to be praised.
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Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can’t quite name.
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Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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