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Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
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Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave
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Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.
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Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
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War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
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He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
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It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
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