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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only
Appearance rules the world
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror
A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought
In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation
Men in all ways are better than they seem
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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