Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.
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Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.
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Perhaps one never seems so much at one's ease as when one has to play a part.
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