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• There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree…
• It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of…
• The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and…
• The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
• Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.
• I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;…
• He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the…
• Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is…

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