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| Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish |
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| Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded |
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| Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy |
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| Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live |
| Cowardice; Death and dying; Fear; Life; Suicide |
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| That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one |
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| That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time |
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| The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. |
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| The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. |
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| The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later |
| Excess; Youth |
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| The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which a person learns to live, the family establishes society's most basic values. |
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| The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame |
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| The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue |
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| The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least - the privilege of making others happy |
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| The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility |
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| The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. |
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| The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. We injure our own cause in the opinion of the world when we too passionately defend it. |
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| The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world. |
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| The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence |
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