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280 I only believe in your dislike and not in your reasons. It is a flattery in your own eyes to interpret as a syllogism that which instinctively happens both to yourself and to me. —We approve of marriage, first, because we are still strangers to it: secondly, because we have grown familiar with it; thirdly, because we have contracted it—that is, almost in all cases. For all that nothing is proved in favour of the general value of marriage. —"Power which is greatly wronged both in deeds and thoughts is worth more than impotence which only meets with kindly feelings "—this was the Greek way of reasoning. That is: they valued power more highly than any utility or fair fame.. —Moderation sees itself in a rosy light; it is unaware of the fact that in the eye of the immoderate it appears harsh and sober and consequently ugly. —Many do not hate until they feel weak and tired: ill other respects they are fair-minded