Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.
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The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
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A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.
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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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An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues.
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Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
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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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When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
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Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain.
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Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.
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Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
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