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| I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower; she steals sweets from it, but does not injure it |
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| I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent. |
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| If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win. |
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| If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat. |
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| If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition |
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| If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours |
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| If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you. |
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| If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city |
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| Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase |
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| In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible |
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| In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. |
| Goodness; Greatness; Men |
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| In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it |
| Politics; Religion |
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| It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design |
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| It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. |
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| It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and no very arduous task to astonish them |
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| It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. |
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| It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility |
| Literature; Mankind |
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| It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it |
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