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To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

William Hazlitt

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The best way to make ourselves agreeable to others is by seeming to think them so. If we appear fully sensible of their good qualities they will not complain of the want of them in us.
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Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.
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