Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods
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The profoundly wise do not declaim against superficial knowledge in others, as much as the profoundly ignorant.
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In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.
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No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health
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