To establish oneself in the world one has to do all one can to appear established.
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Zum Autor"Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power."
"No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong."
"Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world."
"It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them."
"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."
"If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength."