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Deliberate with caution, but a...

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

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In great cities men are more c...

In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.

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Of all the faculties of the mi...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.

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To cure us of our immoderate l...

To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.

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Wars of opinion, as they have ...

Wars of opinion, as they have been the most destructive, are also the most disgraceful of conflicts.

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If we trace the history of mos...

If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as often as by the governed.

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Attempts at reform, when they ...

Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.

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Physicians must discover the w...

Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.

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That cowardice is incorrigible...

That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.

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The worst thing that can be sa...

The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.

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Eloquence is the language of n...

Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.

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There are some frauds so well ...

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.

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Men will wrangle for religion,...

Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.

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Those who bequeath unto themse...

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.

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He that is good will infallibl...

He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

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Constant success shows us but ...

Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.

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Success seems to be that which...

Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.

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For one man who sincerely piti...

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

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Never join with your friend wh...

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is about to be sold, the other to be buried.

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There can be no Christianity w...

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

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