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I Have Always Observed That To Succeed In The World One Should Seem A Fool, But Be Wise.

Wherever I Find Envy I Take A Pleasure In Provoking It: I Always Praise Before An Envious Man Those Who Make Him Grow Pale.

Men In Excess Of Happiness Or Misery Are Equally Inclined To Severity. Witness Conquerors And Monks! It Is Mediocrity Alone, And A Mixture Of Prosperous And Adverse Fortune That Inspire Us With Lenity And Pity.

A Fondness For Reading Changes The Inevitable Dull Hours Of Our Life Into Exquisite Hours Of Delight.

There Is Something In Animals Beside The Power Of Motion. They Are Not Machines; They Feel.