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 If we had no regard for others' feelings or fortune, we would grow cold and indifferent to life itself.  Too much truth Is uncouth. Though old the thought and oft exprest, 'tis his at last who says it best. Only great men may have great faults. Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy. Humour is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him. He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold. Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions. A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket. Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are who already possess it. I'm not overweight, I'm just nine inches too short. How do you make a million? You start with $900,000. There was all the world and his wife. Let us be brave in the face of adversity. In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets. - Statius It is not enough to succeed, a friend must fail. Let your poem be kept nine years. - Horace Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever. It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are. 
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