A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
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A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His valor is the salt t’ his other virtues, They’re all unseason’d without it.
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Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction.
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One woman reads another’s character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering
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Hang sorrow, care’ll kill a cat.
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O! How vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.
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Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.
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Prevent your day at morning.
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I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth.
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
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Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready writing.
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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme, Resting never!
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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Cut Men’s throats with whisperings.
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That I might live alone once with my gold! O, ’tis a sweet companion! kind and true: A man may trust it when his father cheats him, Brother, or friend, or wife. O wondrous pelf! That which makes all men false, is true itself.
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