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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Oneself People Talk Well
The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Fashion Opinion Reason
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Bed Coward Night Sleep Thinking
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Himself Man Pride Vice
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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Adversity Escape Remember Suffering
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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