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Luxury And Excessive Refinement Are Sure Forerunners Of The Decadence Of States, Because When All Individuals Seek Their Own Interests They Neglect The Public Weal.

The Praise We Give To New Comers Into The World Arises From The Envy We Bear To Those Who Are Established.

Politeness Of Mind Consists In Thinking Chaste And Refined Thoughts.

When Our Vices Desert Us, We Flatter Ourselves That We Are Deserting Our Vices.

We Should Wish For Few Things With Eagerness, If We Perfectly Knew The Nature Of That Which Was The Object Of Our Desire.