“The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.”
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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
