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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

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The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

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We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and fo...more

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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.