Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONPhysical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
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He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he has also drawn his teeth.
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.
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Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
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Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.
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God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.
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Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
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For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture.
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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.
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If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
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