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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

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To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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Gold Silver Use
Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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Gold Substance Understand Value
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.
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Creature Fear Live Yourself
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
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Esteem Gold Value Wonder
Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.
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Close Each Other Religion Sex
There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Goodness Man Writing
Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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Comfort Gentle Human
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Age Leave Love Rose Wine Youth
For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
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Home People Rain Remedy Skin Street
It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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Cure Doctor Poor Yourself
To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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God Life Love Possible
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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Cole Togetherness
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Avoid Man Medicine Wisdom

It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

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