We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
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A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.
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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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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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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
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Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
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A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
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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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A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.
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