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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.

Charles Caleb Colton

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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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Doubt Pass Temple Wisdom
Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
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Better Certain Knowledge Term
It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.
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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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A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.
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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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Death Evidence Fools
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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Act Decision Deliberate Firm Grace
Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.
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Female Forgiveness Liberty
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Conquer Grace Grant Refusal Safety Yourself
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
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Exercise Humility Low Place True
Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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Adversity Blessing Greatness Time
The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching.
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Character Measurement True Watch
Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.
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Insult Mindset Vulgar
The head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.
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Discharge Head Influence Lose
Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
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Earn Enjoyment Liberty People Raise

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