If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo 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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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