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# Richard Cumberland

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##  Quotes by Richard Cumberland

> [Its better to wear out than to rust out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cumberland/its-better-to-wear-out-than-to-rust-out/)

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> [All other men, being born of woman, have a navel, by reason of the umbilical vessels inserted into it, which from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cumberland/all-other-men-being-born-of-woman-have-a-navel-by-reason-of-the/)

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> [I do not mean to expose my ideas to ingenious ridicule by maintaining that everything happens to every man for the best;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cumberland/i-do-not-mean-to-expose-my-ideas-to-ingenious-ridicule-by-maintaining/)

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> [The art of being agreeable frequently miscarries through the ambition which accompanies it. Wit, learning, wisdom,--what can more effectually conduce to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cumberland/the-art-of-being-agreeable-frequently-miscarries-through-the-ambition/)

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