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"They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it."
"Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised."
"He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed."
"Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue."
"The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal."
"The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal."
"Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate."
"In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural."
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