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The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

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One good turn deserves another.

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A liar should have a good memory.

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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

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Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.

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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

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Virtue extends our days: he live two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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