Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONWhen you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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The French have a saying that whatever excellence a man may exhibit in a public station he is very apt to be ridiculous in a private one.
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That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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Happiness leads none of us by the same route.
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No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.
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The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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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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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
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Doubt is the vestibule of faith.
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