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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Better Cheating Happiness Suffering Trust Wrong
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Kindness Ourselves Power
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Death Himself Live Man
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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