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[[underline]] Pride, Vanity & Ambition [[/underline]] are often mistaken for each other & so nearly allied, that they meet commonly in one character, but in reality they are very distinct; so much so, that 'tis remarkable the three greatest Men of Rome & cotemporaries possessed each of these [[underline]] seperately, [[/underline]] without the least mixture of the other two. [[underline]] Ceasar had ambition, [[/underline]] without pride or vanity. [[underline]] Cato had Pride [[/underline]] without either ambition or Vanity. [[underline]] Cicero had Vanity, [[/underline]] without either ambition or pride. [[foreign: French]] Et vous éprouverez dans le siecle ou nous sommes Que les siecles bourgeois, sont les bons Gentilhommes. ---- [[/foreign]] Mr N. Montague used to say there were four things ought never to flatter sensible Men; these were ^[[addition]] the [[/addition]] familiarity [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] of [[/addition]] Princes ^ [[addition]] the [[/addition]] Caresses of Women, the smiles of our Enemies, & the Sun shine of a Winter morning, for these are not of long duration. --