Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.
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The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
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