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No man was ever great without ...

No man was ever great without divine inspiration.
[Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unquam fuit.]

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Vicious habits are so great a ...

Vicious habits are so great a stain to human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuated by right reason would avoid them, though he were sure they would be always concealed both from God and man, and had no future punishment entailed upon them.

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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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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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What is there that is illustri...

What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?

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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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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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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 my own part, I had rather ...

For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

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Old age is by nature rather ta...

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

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No man in his senses will danc...

No man in his senses will dance.

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Religion is not removed by rem...

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

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Even the ablest pilots are wil...

Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.

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That which is usually called d...

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

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We ought to regard amiability ...

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.

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You must become an old man in ...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
[Lat., Mature fieri senem, si diu velis esses senex.]

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I cease not to advocate peace;...

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

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