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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Samuel Johnson

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Curiosity Generosity Greatness Mindset
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
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
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Deep Hesitation Myself Sharp Silence Weapon Word Yourself
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Goodness Measurement Treat True
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
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Retirement Sorry Talent Thinking World Yourself
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Crime Evil Himself Ignorance Learning Proper
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
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Coward Defense Revenge
Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Choice Liberty Nation Starve Work
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
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
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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Kindness Ourselves Power
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Argument Reason Remove

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