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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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