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There Is No Excess In The World So Commendable As Excessive Gratitude.

There Are But Two Ways Of Rising In The World: Either By One's Own Industry Or Profiting By The Foolishness Of Others. [fr., Il N'y A Au Monde Que Deux Manieres De S'elever, Ou Par Sa Propre Industrie, Ou Par L'imbecilite Des Autres.]

The Greatest Part Of Mankind Employ Their First Years To Make Their Last Miserable.

The Nearer We Come To Great Men The More Clearly We See That They Are Only Men. They Rarely Seem Great To Their Valets.

It Is Worse To Apprehend Than To Suffer.