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• Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
• Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what…
• Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and…
• I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
• Knowledge is power.
• A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
• It is impossible to love and to be wise.
• A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
• In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
• Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
• In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
• A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

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