“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.”
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The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.