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Wickedness Is Always Easier Than Virtue; For It Takes The Short Cut To Everything.

To Paint Things As They Are Requires A Minute Attention, And Employs The Memory Rather Than The Fancy.

The Hostility Perpetually Exercised Between One Man And Another, Is Caused By The Desire Of Many For That Which Only Few Can Possess. Every Man Would Be Rich, Powerful, And Famous; Yet Fame, Power, And Riches, Are Only The Names Of Relative Conditions, Which Imply The Obscurity, Dependence, And Poverty Of Greater Numbers.

Those Who Attain Any Excellence, Commonly Spend Life In One Pursuit; For Excellence Is Not Often Gained Upon Easier Terms.

Thought Is Always Troublesome To Him Who Lives Without His Own Approbation.