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• Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to…
• The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of…
• For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify…
• Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
• Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.
• Be silent always when you doubt your sense.
• O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.
• Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
• At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
• An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.
• A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.
• Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross,…

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