Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThere are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
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Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
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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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Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.
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He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.
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There were moments of despondency when Shakespeare thought himself no poet, and Raphael no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the excellence of their happiest efforts.
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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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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
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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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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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He 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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That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate.
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