As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
JOHN MILTONNeither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
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This is servitude, To serve the unwise.
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Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
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Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.
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God made thee perfect, not immutable.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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Most men admire Virtue who follow not her lore.
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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
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Danger will wink on opportunity.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
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The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
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To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.
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