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The Usual Pretext Of Those Who Make Others Unhappy Is That They Do It For Their Own Good.

Our Opinion Of Others Is Not So Variable As Our Opinion Of Ourselves.

Few Men Have Depth Enough To Hear Or Tell The Truth.

There Are Those Who Are So Scrupulously Afraid Of Doing Wrong That They Seldom Venture To Do Anything.

If Children Had Teachers For Judgment And Eloquence Just As They Have For Languages, If Their Memory Was Exercised Less Than Their Energy Or Their Natural Genius, If Instead Of Deadening Their Vivacity Of Mind We Tried To Elevate The Free Scope And Impulse Of Their Souls, What Might Not Result From A Fine Disposition? As It Is, We Forget That Courage, Or Love Of Truth And Glory Are The Virtues That Matter Most In Youth; And Our One Endeavour Is To Subdue Our Children's Spirits, In Order To Teach Them That Dependence And Suppleness Are The First Laws Of Success In Life.