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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Death Himself Live Man
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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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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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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Afford Difficult Life Pleasure

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