He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONTime is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even while we attempt to define it.
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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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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us – never cease to instruct – never cloy.
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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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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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
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Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.
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Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.
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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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Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
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