Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONA society composed of none but the wicked could not exist; it contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction, and without a flood, would be swept away from the earth by the deluge of its own iniquity.
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That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate.
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Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.
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A society composed of none but the wicked could not exist; it contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction, and without a flood, would be swept away from the earth by the deluge of its own iniquity.
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Physical 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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The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
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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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Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
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Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
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