Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of read more

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in read more

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.