The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONMystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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Be real and adjust you strategy according to honest results.
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Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.
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Doubt is the vestibule of faith.
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He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.
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We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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Happiness leads none of us by the same route.
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Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
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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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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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