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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

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Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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A person may be qualified to do greater good to mankind and become more beneficial to the world, by morality without faith than by faith without morality.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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