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Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

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We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

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Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best places...more

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We are almost always bored by just those whom we must not find boring.

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Extreme boredom provides its own antidote.