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.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONA fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible.
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Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
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We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.
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Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
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Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
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There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
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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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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
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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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It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.
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Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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