Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets: for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say
Henry Taylor
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The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more clear to the philosopher than it is to ordinary men, that there are few things in the world of greater importance.
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Good nature and kindness towards those with whom they come in personal contact, at the expense of public interests, that is of those whom they never see, is the besetting sin of public men.
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Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.
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Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.
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The world knows nothing of its greatest men.
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