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The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
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Esteem Hold Preference
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
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Best Insult Man Patience Reply Wisdom
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
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Goodness Modeling People Side
If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.
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Heart Integrity Virtue
Music and dance are all you need.
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Dance Music Need
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
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Compromise Heaven Pleasure True
It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
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Desire Ignorance Learning Myself Question Woman
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.
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Cruelty Doubt Truth Worst
The envious will die, but envy never.
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Death Jealous Willing
The true touchstone of wit is the impromptu.
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Brilliance Touch True
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Double Grief Increase Yourself
We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
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Manage Talk Understand
The smallest errors are always the best.
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Best Errors Small
Birth means nothing where there is no virtue.
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Born Virtue
People of quality know everything without ever having learned anything.
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Learning People Quality
Too great haste leads us to error.
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Error Greatness Haste

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

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