The present time has one advantage over every other — it is our own.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONHe that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
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He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
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We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture.
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The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.
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Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
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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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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.
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Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.
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He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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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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Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.
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Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
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We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
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