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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Samuel Johnson

You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Business Happiness Himself Man
Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Consistence Power Steal Theft
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Afford Difficult Life Pleasure
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
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
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
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
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
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
Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Heart Talk Trust Voice Yourself
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Coward Defense Revenge
The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Fashion Opinion Reason
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Cure Endurance Heart Human King Law
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need People

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