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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. ↗

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers. ↗

Precaution is better than cure. ↗

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at. ↗

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us. ↗

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. ↗

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. ↗

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ↗

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. ↗

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity. ↗