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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Samuel Johnson

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
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
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Coward Patriot Refuge
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
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Curiosity Generosity Greatness Mindset
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Information Man Reminder
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Conscience Funny Marriage Wife
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Dangerous Integrity Knowledge Weakness
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
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
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Character Curiosity Intellectual Oneself
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
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
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
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Break Hope Kindness Return Rule Violence

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

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