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There Are Some Persons Who Only Disgust With Their Abilities, There Are Persons Who Please Even With Their Faults.

There Is A Form Of Eminence Which Does Not Depend On Fate; It Is An Air Which Sets Us Apart And Seems To Prtend Great Things; It Is The Value Which We Unconsciously Attach To Ourselves; It Is The Quality Which Wins Us Deference Of Others; More Than Birth, Position, Or Ability, It Gives Us Ascendance.

Hypocrisy Is The Homage Vice Pays To Virtue.

The Moderation Of People In Prosperity Is The Effect Of A Smooth And Composed Temper, Owing To The Calm Of Their Good Fortune.

We Do Not Praise Others, Ordinarily, But In Order To Be Praised Ourselves.