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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

Samuel Johnson

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Himself Man Pride Vice
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Make Up Tears Weapon Woman
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Art Attention Memories True
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need People
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Evidence One Liner Power Truth
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Better Cheating Happiness Suffering Trust Wrong
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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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Dangerous Integrity Knowledge Weakness
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Conscience Deep Fear God Man Rise Shame Wisdom
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Effort Happiness Reading Writing
What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
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
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
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
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Books Choice Friendship
Truth allows no choice.
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Choice One Liner Truth

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

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