Too great a hurry to discharge an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.
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Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.
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We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire.
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Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.
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Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
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