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• He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
• The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.
• Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling…
• Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
• There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride;…
• Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
• Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
• He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
• Where pride begins, love ceases.
• I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself.…
• Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
• Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

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