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Attain And Maintain A Reputation, For It Is The Usufruct Of Fame. A Stiff Climb, For It Is The Issue Of Excellence, As Rare As Mediocrity Is Common.

Mix A Little Mystery With Everything, For Mystery Arouses Veneration.

To Overvalue Something Is A Form Of Lying.

Know What Is Evil, No Matter How Worshipped It May Be. Let The Man Of Sense Not Mistake It, Even When Clothed In Brocade, Or At Times Crowned In Gold, Because It Cannot Thereby Hide Its Hypocrisy, For Slavery Does Not Lose Its Infamy, However Noble The Master.

If There Is Nothing Left To Desire, There Is Everything To Fear, An Unhappy State Of Happiness.