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The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.

Charles Caleb Colton

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The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
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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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To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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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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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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