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You may forgive, and so will I; but I will not forget, though I control my anger. - [Anger] Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. - Lacon (p. 127) [Flattery] Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. - Lacon (p. 205) [Applause] Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. - Lacon (p. 238) [Misfortune] To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasure imaginary. - Lacon (p. 255) [Power] Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods. - Lacon (p. 362) [Choice] Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can. - Lacon (p. 80) [Friends] That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. - Lacon (preface) [Authorship] Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but--live for it. - Lacon (vol. I, XXV) [Religion] The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act of suicide, renounces earth to forfeit Heaven. - Lacon--Reflection [Gambling] Displaying page 23 of 23 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 [23]
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