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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Charles Caleb Colton

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We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.
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Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set.
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Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.
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Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.
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Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
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That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.
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