For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONAn Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.
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The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
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It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.
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We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture.
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The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.
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Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
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The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.
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I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals.
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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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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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Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
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