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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.

Samuel Johnson

Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Fashion Opinion Reason
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Adversity Escape Remember Suffering
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Business Happiness Himself Man
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
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
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Make Up Tears Weapon Woman
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Argument Myself Understand Yourself
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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Easy Excellence One Liner
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Crime Evil Himself Ignorance Learning Proper
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need People

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