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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Baltasar Gracián

Avoid affectation. The more merit, the less affectation, which gives a vulgar flavor. The most eminent merits lose most by it, for they appear proud and artificial instead of being the product of nature, and the natural is always more pleasing than the artificial. One always feels sure that the man who affects a virtue has it not.

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At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, and at eighty nothing.

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A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.

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Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture.

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