The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.
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Only the great can afford to have great defects.
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We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
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We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.
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