“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
