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“Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.”

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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.

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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

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Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

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To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

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Every acknowledgment of gratitude is a circumstance of humiliation; and some are found to submit to frequent mortifications of this kind, proclaiming what obligations…

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