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maxim[8][22] = "A man should not so attach himself to the means as to forget the end; neither must we give ourselves so much to mortify the flesh as to forget to mortify the brain, which is the chief thing after all."; | maxim[8][22] = "A man should not so attach himself to the means as to forget the end; neither must we give ourselves so much to mortify the flesh as to forget to mortify the brain, which is the chief thing after all."; | ||
maxim[8][23] = "We ought to desire the virtues of prelates, cardinals, and popes, but not their dignities."; | maxim[8][23] = "We ought to desire the virtues of prelates, cardinals, and popes, but not their dignities."; | ||
maxim[8][24] = "The skin of self-love is fastened strongly on our hearts, and it hurts us to flay it off | maxim[8][24] = "The skin of self-love is fastened strongly on our hearts, and it hurts us to flay it off; the more we get down to the quick, the more keen and difficult it is."; | ||
maxim[8][25] = "This first step, which we ought to have taken of ourselves already, we have always in our mind, yet never put it in execution."; | maxim[8][25] = "This first step, which we ought to have taken of ourselves already, we have always in our mind, yet never put it in execution."; | ||
maxim[8][26] = "A man ought to set about putting his good resolutions in practice, and not change them lightly."; | maxim[8][26] = "A man ought to set about putting his good resolutions in practice, and not change them lightly."; | ||
