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Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense