Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
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It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that begins by deceiving others, will end by deceiving himself.
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God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
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Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow, the emptiness to its cause.
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Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
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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.
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God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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A society composed of none but the wicked could not exist; it contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction, and without a flood, would be swept away from the earth by the deluge of its own iniquity.
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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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Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
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He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank.
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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