As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
JOHN MILTONRevenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
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Solitude is sometimes the best society.
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Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
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The best apology against false accusers is silence.
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Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
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Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.
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Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
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To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.
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Where no hope is left, is left no fear.
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Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.
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This is servitude, To serve the unwise.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.
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Infinity is a dark illimitable ocean, without bound.
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There is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
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All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
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The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
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