Being a Target.—The bad things others say about us are often not really aimed at us, but are the manifestations of spite or ill-humour occasioned by quite different causes.
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Easily Resigned.—We suffer but little on account of ungratified wishes if we have exercised our imagination in distorting the past.
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In Danger.—One is in greatest danger of being run over when one has just got out of the way of a carriage.
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The Role According to the Voice.—Whoever is obliged to speak louder than he naturally does (say, to a partially deaf person or before a large audience), usually exaggerates what he has to communicate. Many a one becomes a conspirator, malevolent gossip, or intriguer, merely because his voice is best suited for whispering.
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Love and Hatred.—Love and hatred are not blind, but are dazzled by the fire which they carry about with them.