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However probable it is that a desire may be fulfilled, there is always a doubt; and so when the desire is realised, it is always surprising.
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Absurdities presented with good taste rouse disgust and admiration.
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Of the best society it used to be said: their speech instructs the mind, and their silence the feelings.
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Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
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Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.
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We treat the aged with consideration, as we treat children.
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An old man loses one of the greatest of human privileges: he is no more judged by his peers.