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thinking humanity compromise
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.
wise office generosity
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
emotional taught reason
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
cheating school commerce
Commerce is the school of cheating.
work heart thinking
All grand thoughts come from the heart.
success action fortune
Action makes more fortune than caution.
art hype deception
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
inspirational being-happy education
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
time fame born
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
people common busy
Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do; but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.
men errors spheres
Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.
lying eye passion
The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.
best expect
We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
men weakness virtuous
Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.