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taken cunning
More are taken in by hope than by cunning.
clever wicked wickedness
The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever.
variables opinion
Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
errors kingdoms obscurity
Obscurity is the kingdom of error.
quick-wit perfection speed
It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.
deep-thought ornaments clearness
Clearness is the ornament of deep thought.
common best-things
The best things are the most common.
said easier reconcile
It is easier to say new things than to reconcile those which have already been said.
sunshine brilliant youth
The tempests of youth are mingled with days of brilliant sunshine.
truth men depth
Few men have depth enough to hear or tell the truth.
endure
Nothing endures except truth.
likes faults
No one likes to be pitied for his faults.
ambition men evil
The greatest evil that fortune can bring to men is to endow them with feeble resources and yet to make them ambitious.
simple men use
Great men, like nature, use simple language.