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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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