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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words…
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A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose…
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Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out of the…
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Who can deny that all men are violent lovers of the truth, when we see them so positive in their errors, which…
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No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in…
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Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.
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Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but…
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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.
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The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion,…
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For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call childish and…
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When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbor, keep it to yourself.
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A writer of story books! What kind of business in life-what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his…
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The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
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When a lion stalks a herd, he sneaks in close, lies down, and surveys them to choose his victim. He takes his…
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