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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

Samuel Johnson

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
My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Friendship Mindset Myself
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
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Exam Fake Invitation Truth
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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End God Greatness Guide Motivational Original Spring
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
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Attempt Himself Life Man Possession Waste
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
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
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
What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Easy Excellence One Liner
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Aspiration Inspirational One Liner Ourselves Possible
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
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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Man Praise Rich Virtue Wealth Wisdom World

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