“Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.”
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
