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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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