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The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.
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Bear Beggar Refusal
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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Action Loud Threat Weakness
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
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Pride Right Rule Satisfaction Wrong
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.
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Establishment Principle Test Value
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
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Anand Thakur
Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.
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Enemy Harm Yourself
Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest.
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Drink Temperature
Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain.
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Female Fortune Herself Impatience Lover Master Opportunity Submit
He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.
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Adversity Himself Prosperity
If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.
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Anand Thakur
Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved.
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Oppression Prosperity Submit
Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.
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Best Light Material Moral
Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.
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Choice Evil Human Leave
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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Experience Himself Hope Prodigy Young

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