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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.

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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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Content thyself to be obscurely good.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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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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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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