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Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

Charles Caleb Colton

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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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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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There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.
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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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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
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Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
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God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.
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Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.
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Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.
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The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.
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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
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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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Appreciate Beautiful Intimate Substance True

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