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| − | [[note]] No: 23. [[/note]] | + | [[note]] No: 23. [[/note]] An indiscreet man is more hurtfull than an ill-natured one; for as the |
| + | latter will only attack his enemies, and those he wishes ill to; the other injures | ||
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| + | [[note]] No: 27. [[/note]] It is a fantastical way of thinking, when we promise ourselves an | ||
| + | alteration in our conduct from change of place, and difference of circumstances; | ||
| + | the same passions will attend us wherever we are until they are | ||
| + | conquered; and we can never live to our satisfaction in the deepest retirement, | ||
| + | unless we are capable of living so in some measure amidst the noise and business of the world. | ||
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is the most emphatically miserable; he is not only incapable of rejoicing in another's merit or success, but lives in a world wherein all mankind are in a plot against his quiet, by studying their own happiness and advantage.
note No: 23. /note An indiscreet man is more hurtfull than an ill-natured one; for as the latter will only attack his enemies, and those he wishes ill to; the other injures indifferently both friends and foes.
note No: 27. /note It is a fantastical way of thinking, when we promise ourselves an alteration in our conduct from change of place, and difference of circumstances; the same passions will attend us wherever we are until they are conquered; and we can never live to our satisfaction in the deepest retirement, unless we are capable of living so in some measure amidst the noise and business of the world.
