Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONIt is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
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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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He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.
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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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A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
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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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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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To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.
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Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
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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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The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
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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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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
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Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
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