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A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.

Charles Caleb Colton

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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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We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.
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He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.
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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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Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave
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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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It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
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Doubt is the vestibule of faith.
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He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he has also drawn his teeth.
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Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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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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Beginning Best End Himself Possible
Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.
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A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.
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Attainment Human Power Responsibility
The present time has one advantage over every other — it is our own.
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Advantage Ourselves Present Time
We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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