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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Samuel Johnson

Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Happiness heavy Life Money Mortal Time
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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Abuse Government Human Nature Power Safety
My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Friendship Mindset Myself
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Exam Fake Invitation Truth
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Bed Coward Night Sleep Thinking
Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Art Himself Person Photograph Work
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Death Himself Live Man
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Enjoyment Happiness Man Money Save
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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Diligence Hope Learning
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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Change Effort Happiness Himself Human Knowledge Life Nature Seek Wasted Time
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Attempt Himself Life Man Possession Waste

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