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It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
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It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
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But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that…
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Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered,…
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Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing…
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
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This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest.…
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When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence.…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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A marble cutter, with chisel and hammer, was changing a stone into a statue. A preacher looking on said: "I wish I…
— Arthur Tappan Pierson
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Men are more important than tools. If you don't believe so, put a good tool into the hands of a poor workman.
— John Joseph Bernet
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The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to…
— Mencius
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It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of…
— David Hume
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When a workman knows the use of his tools, he can make a door as well as a window.
— George Eliot
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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and courageous feelings, seek for no other rule to judge the…
— Jean De La Bruyere
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