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imagine, is that they are never wrong when they speak of their conduct;

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444.--Old fools are more foolish than young fools.

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by poverty and ignorance."--Gibbon, Decline And Fall, Chap. 15.]

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I could observe in many occurrences of our lives, that which we called

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424.--We often credit ourselves with vices the reverse of what we have,

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are changed and corrupted when they quit infancy, they think they should

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and not by their mind; so that PLUS a great vanity, heroes are made like

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Eloquence, 8, 249, 250.

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his thoughts and sentiments, that every one forgets himself and how far

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perils can arouse in it: by this strength heroes maintain a calm

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We do not march at the head of a regiment as we walk on a promenade;

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be a tornado, For there's no saying what they will or may do." {--Lord

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-------- of Lovers, LXI.

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without trouble and quickly, which it failed to do with its whole power

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curious, and the worthless part of mankind."

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Achitophel{, line 547}.]

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their secrets and trusting them with small confidences.

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LXII.--The most just comparison of love is that of a fever, and we have

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and precision, was the collection of the maxims of Francois Duc de la

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matters that please us.

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useless to seek it elsewhere. (1665, No. 53.)

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44.--Strength and weakness of mind are mis-named; they are really only

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Loss of Friends, XLV.

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daring. In the obscurity of a life of wandering and concealment, his

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prematurely the air of the dignities and rank to which they aspire.

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easily suspect others. (1665, No. {2}08.)

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ii--2, 138, of the madman who was cured of a pleasant lunacy.]

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one and the other, if he does not wish to expose himself to occasional

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the Court, and the mistress of Louis, was banished to Tours. She and

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have guessed. It is far safer and more honest to tell nothing than to be

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do not permit their temper and self-love to prevail over their natural

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141.--We often boast that we are never bored, but yet we are so

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["Montaigne's vanity led him to talk perpetually of himself, and as

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{The text incorrectly numbers this maxim as 508. It is 208.}

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abuse in himself. (1665, No. 33.)

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Now made English. London, 1694. 12 mo. iii. Moral Maxims and Reflections

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Thus the intercourse between gentlemen at once gives them familiarity

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196.--We easily forget those faults which are known only to ourselves.

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CIV.--We know very well that we should not talk about our wives, but we

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although he was not prompt in action, he had a good store of reason. We

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["The best of life is but intoxication."--{Lord Byron, } Don Juan{,

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and choose between two inevitable evils, the one reparable, the other

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am rather embarrassed in talking of my nose, for it is neither flat nor

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and avarice--passions which probably have a common origin, but produce

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than when finished too much. (1665, No. 262.)

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Qualities, 29, 162, 397, 470, 498, R.VI, R.VII.

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that surprising confusion and perplexity in the Epicureans of old,

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XLI.--Those who wish to define victory by her birth will be tempted to

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what related to private conduct no one was ever the better for advice.'

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wishing always to appear what they are not. There are some who have