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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
Obscurity is the realm of error.
The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
The idle always have a mind to do something.
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
One can not be just if one is not humane.
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