...to me, that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known, would make me ridiculous; that a...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious...

...to me, that such exireine nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep bis friends in countenance. In truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order ; and now I...

...me, that, such extrerrte nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals,, which if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...inconvenience of being envied and hated: and that a benevo* lent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance. In truth...

...to me, that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious...

...to me, that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...and now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel ver}' sensibly the want of it But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been...

...to me, that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious...

...such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself i might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were i known, would make me ridiculous; that a perfect character might be attended ifith the inconvenience of being enried and kated ; and that a benevolent matt tko*ld alldtf a/eie/aultt...

...to me, that such extreme nicety as I exacted of myself might be a kind of foppery in morals, which, if it were known, would make me ridiculous ; that...now I am grown old, and my memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it. But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious...

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...nicety might be a kind of foppery in morals, and provoke ridicule ; that a perfect character might incur the inconvenience of being envied and hated ; and that a benevolent man should allow some faults in himself, to keep his neighbors in countenance." But still, though Franklin found himself...