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We Are Almost Always Bored By Just Those Whom We Must Not Find Boring.

There Are No Accidents So Unlucky From Which Clever People Are Not Able To Reap Some Advantage, And None So Lucky That The Foolish Are Not Able To Turn Them To Their Own Disadvantage.

The Height Of Cleverness Is To Be Able To Conceal It.

The Soul's Maladies Have Their Relapses Like The Body's. What We Take For A Cure Is Often Just A Momentary Rally Or A New Form Of The Disease.

The Name And Pretense Of Virtue Is As Serviceable To Self-interest As Are Real Vices.