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

Samuel Johnson

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Exam Fake Invitation Truth
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Advantage Better Country Enjoyment Himself Improvement Learning Travel Visit Worst
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
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
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Diligence Hope Learning
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
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
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Courage Greatness Himself Man Preserve Security Virtue
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Accident Hands Herself Man Mistake Quiet Reach Society Stand
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Retirement Sorry Talent Thinking World Yourself
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Civilization Poor Test True
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Effort Happiness Reading Writing
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
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Afford Difficult Life Pleasure
It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Business Happiness Himself Man

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