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It is a man's own dishonesty, ...

It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

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No sensible man (among the man...

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

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Nothing is so swift as calumny...

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.

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No man can be brave who thinks...

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god.
[Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans; aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]

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It is besides necessary that w...

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

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We should be careful that our ...

We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.

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The office of liberality consi...

The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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Men resemble the gods in nothi...

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

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If you wish to remove avarice ...

If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries.
[Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]

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When money is unreasonably cov...

When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

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The authors who affect contemp...

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

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All the arts, which have a ten...

All the arts, which have a tendency to raise man in the scale of being, have a certain common band of union, and are connected, if I may be allowed to say so, by blood-relationship with one another.

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There is nothing so charming a...

There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover the infinity of things, the immensity of Nature, the heavens, the earth, and the seas; this is that branch which has taught us religion, moderation, magnanimity, and that has rescued the soul from obscurity; to make her see all things above and below, first and last, and between both; it is this that furnishes us wherewith to live well and happily, and guides us to pass our lives without displ

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Vicious habits are so odious a...

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

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Habit is, as it were, a second...

Habit is, as it were, a second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]

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What is becoming is honest, an...

What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.

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Everything that thou reprovest...

Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself.
[Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.]

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It is generally said, 'Past l...

It is generally said, 'Past labors are pleasant,' Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, 'The recollection of past labors is pleasant.'
[Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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Long life is denied us; theref...

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

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For as the law is set over the...

For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, 'that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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