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- The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.
- We should gain more by letting the world see what we are than by trying to seem what we are not.
- Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the…
- Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.
- We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.
- Narrowness of mind is often the cause of obstinacy; we do not easily believe beyond what we see.
- The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.
- We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
- We would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.
- We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.
- Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.
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