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There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.
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The health of the soul is as precarious as that of the body; for when we seem secure from passions, we are no less in danger of their infection than we are of falling ill when we appear to be well.
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Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.
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Our minds are as much given to laziness as our bodies.
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If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
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For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. LUCRETIUS, De Rerum Natura Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.
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It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.
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