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| True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong. | | Praise | |
| True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model | | Wisdom | |
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| Virtue rejects a mean admirer: you must come to her with open purse | | Uncategorized | |
| Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor | | Travel | |
| War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul. | | Uncategorized | |
| We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. | | Uncategorized | |
| We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than reality | | Fear | |
| We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. | | Uncategorized | |
| We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself | | Uncategorized | |
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| We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation | | Uncategorized | |
| We had reports of 8 to 10 inches on the Outer Banks and 4 to 6 inches in coastal counties, | | Uncategorized | |
| We have been very clear with investors. As long as the Fed is tightening, our cost of funds is going to go up. As a result, our spreads are going to go down, | | Uncategorized | |
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| We live not according to reason, but according to fashion | | Fashion | |
| We never reflect on how pleasant it is to ask for nothing | | Uncategorized | |
| We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. | | Uncategorized | |
| We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it. | | Uncategorized | |
