What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.
Augustus Hare
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Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.
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Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
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