“ It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered. ”
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“ Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity. ”
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“ In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it. ”
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“ The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better. ”
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“ It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore. ”
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“ It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore. ”
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“ Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit. ”
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“ Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. ”
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“ Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. ”
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“ The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. ”
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“ We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ”
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“ For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears. ”
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“ What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law. ”
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“ Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. ”
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“ The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. ”
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“ For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears. ”
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“ The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. ”
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“ The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts. ”
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“ Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ”
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“ The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness. ”
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“ We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ”
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“ Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. ”
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“ The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness. ”
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“ For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears. ”
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