Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONLiberty 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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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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In death itself there can be nothing terrible, for the act of death annihilates sensation; but there are many roads to death, and some of them justly formidable, even to the bravest.
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The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
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If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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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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The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
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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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Life isn’t like a book. Life isn’t logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.
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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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Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.
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Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.
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Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.
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War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
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