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— Francois de La Rochefoucauld"The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves."
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We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.
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Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for books read all of them. There is no other course.
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