As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.
Samuel Johnson
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It is more from carelessness about the truth than from intentional lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, then, especially, being free from flatterers.
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