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The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.[][]
A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.[][]
Love lessens a woman's delicacy and increases a man's.[][]
Silence is the wit of fools.[][]
It is fortunate to come of distinguished ancestry. - It is not less so to be such that people do not care to inquire whether you are of high descent or not.[][]
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.[][]
Cunning leads to knavery. - It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. - Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.[][]
A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aide may contribute to the advancement of his fortune.[][]
As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.[][]
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