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A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is fined; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved: wrongs may well try him, and touch him, but cannot imprint in him any false stamp. - [Virtue] Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness. - [Friendship] If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him. [Fr., Qu'on me donne six lignes ecrites de la main du plus honnete homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.] - attributed to, by Fournier "L'Esprit dans l'Historie", ch. XLI, p. 255 (1883) [Pen] Ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness. - [Ingratitude] To know to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. - [Artifice] Wise judges are we of each other! - [Judgment] Artifice is allowable in deceiving a rival; we may employ everything against our enemies. [Lat., Pour tromper un rival l'artifice est permis; On peut tout employer contre ses ennemis.] - Les Tuileries [Artifice : Enemies] To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.] - Miranne [Royalty]
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