18.--Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune; it is a vain display of our strength of mind, and in short the moderation of men at their greatest height is only a desire to appear greater than their fortune.

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18.--Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contemp… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims