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Nothing is so contagious as example and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.
We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.
It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.
They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one’s being clever.
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.