Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONExaminations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
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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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Words indeed are but the signs and counters of knowledge, and their currency should be strictly regulated by the capital which they represent.
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Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.
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Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
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Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.
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God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
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The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching.
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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.
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
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It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
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Happiness leads none of us by the same route.
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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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