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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

Samuel Johnson

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Oneself People Talk Well
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Exam Fake Invitation Truth
The future is purchased by the present.
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Deep Future One Liner Present Time
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Determination Diligence Greatness Impossible Performance Perservance Skills Strength Work
Grief is a species of idleness.
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Born Children Grief One Liner Wasted Time
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Goodness Greatness Himself Wait
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Business Happiness Himself Man
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Civilization Poor Test True
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Change Effort Happiness Himself Human Knowledge Life Nature Seek Wasted Time
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Difficult Gratitude Happiness Success
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Father Freedom Independent Power Son Struggle
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
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Evil Man Misery Repeat
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

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