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[[foreign: French]] Je m'étais souvent dite, les hommes ne se cultivent que par besoin, orgueil, ou désoeuvrement Etes vous au dessus d'eux, ils vous flattent, êtes vous au dessous, ils vous protégent; vous n'avez d'eux que des bassesses ou des humiliations a attendre. [[/foreign]] Know then this truth enough for Man to know Virtue [[underline]] alone is Happiness below. [[/underline]] The broadest mirth unfeeling folly wears Less [[underline]] pleasing far than virtue's very tears. [[/underline]] Possession will not suffer us to lessen our enjoyment, with observance; but departure from it, excites the mind to judge of what the heart has before enjoyed. receding pleasures are last in the contemplation of their charms, & charms possessed, are lost in the [[underline]] enjoyment of their pleasures. --- [[/underline]] excellentisimo. Never elated while one Man's opprest Never dejected while another's blest And where no wants nor wishes can remain Since but to wish more virtue is to gain. ---
