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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

Alexander Pope

There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety
You purchase pain with all that joy can give and die of nothing but a rage to live.
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Death Joy Live Pain Yourself
An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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Hold Opinion Person
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
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Deep Human Life River Wisdom
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Advice Deep Growth One Liner Tree Wisdom
Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
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Act Character Honor Lying One Liner
Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.
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Friendship Guide One Liner Philosophy Yourself
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.
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Dangerous Education Learning Money Wisdom
All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
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God Life Nature Oneself Soul
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
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Character Fame Goodness Life Positive
Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser’s way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.
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Growth Lose Performance Reality Yourself
Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.
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Excellence Learning Mischief Oneself Powerful Science
Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.
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Education Fools Learning People Reason Time Understand
Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He’s sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres’ gifts in waving prospect stand, And nodding tempt the joyful reaper’s hand.
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Fingers Greatness Hands Himself Joy Wild
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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Acceptance Forget Love Mindset Remember Sunshine

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