Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONHe that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.
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Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.
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Happiness leads none of us by the same route.
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Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.
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Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.
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There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.
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Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.
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Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.
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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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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
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In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
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The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching.
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The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.
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