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The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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Don't express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.
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The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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Better to be cheated by the price than by the merchandise.
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Don't live by generalities, unless it be to act virtuously, and don't ask desire to follow precise laws, for you will have to drink tomorrow from the water you scorn today.
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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
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Born:
January 8, 1601
Died:
December 6, 1658
(aged 57)
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