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"It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion."
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"The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret."
Life

"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."
Age

"Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious."
Thought

"Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life."
Life

"Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin."
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"Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves."
Quality

"To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius."
Talent

"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."
Humility

"The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings."
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