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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Abuse Government Human Nature Power Safety
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
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
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
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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Happiness heavy Life Money Mortal Time
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Goodness Original Poet Writing Yourself
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Goodness Greatness Himself Wait
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
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
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
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
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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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
The future is purchased by the present.
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Deep Future One Liner Present Time
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Effort Happiness Reading Writing
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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Courage Greatness Opportunity Virtue

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