Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou can never be wise unless you love reading.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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