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The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.


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Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.



You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.



The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.



What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?



You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.



Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.



Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.



Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.



Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.



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Sensibility is the power of woman.





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