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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Samuel Johnson

A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Himself Man Pride Vice
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Associate Greatness Local Man Position
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Law Nature Power Wisdom Woman
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Advantage Better Country Enjoyment Himself Improvement Learning Travel Visit Worst
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Argument Myself Understand Yourself
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
Truth allows no choice.
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Choice One Liner Truth
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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End God Greatness Guide Motivational Original Spring
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Conscience Funny Marriage Wife
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Education Knowledge Wisdom

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