There 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.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONNo man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.
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We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
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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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If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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Be real and adjust you strategy according to honest results.
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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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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A society composed of none but the wicked could not exist; it contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction, and without a flood, would be swept away from the earth by the deluge of its own iniquity.
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Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.
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An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues.
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It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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