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.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
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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 present time has one advantage over every other — it is our own.
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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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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A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.
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If a cause be good, the most violent attack of its enemies will not injure it so much as an injudicious defence of it by its friends.
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
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What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?
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Pride requires very costly food-its keeper’s happiness.
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He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.
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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
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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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When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.
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Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
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