Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONAs the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
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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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It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.
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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
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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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What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?
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Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
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Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
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He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he has also drawn his teeth.
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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
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Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.
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Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.
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