Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.

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Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

Mystery is not profoundness

Mystery is not profoundness

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from...

There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be...

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be...

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to...

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise...

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise...

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

For many people a job is more than an income, it's an important part of...

For many people a job is more than an income, it's an important part of...

Truth hurts - not the searching after; the running from!

Truth hurts - not the searching after; the running from!

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.