affectionate feelings from his enfeebled and mutilated victims! In the face of such a "nature" man ought to strive above all after dignity, provided he be a rational being
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Two friends.—They were friends, but they are no longer such, and both at the same time severed the tie of friendship: the one, because he believed himself grossly misunderstood; the other, because he deemed himself found out—and both were mistaken! For neither of them knew himself well enough.
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A comely of the nobles.—Those who fail in showing a noble, sincere intimacy, endeavour to give a glimpse of their noble dispositions by reserve and severity and a certain contempt of intimacy: just as though their strong feeling of confidence was ashamed of showing itself.
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Where we may not raise our voices against virtue.— Cowards consider it wrong and contemptible to raise their voices against valour, and inconsiderate people are provoked when pity is criticised.
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An extravagance.—The first words and actions of
