“ Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield. ”
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“ Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority; envy our uneasiness under it. ”
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“ A man of remarkable genius may afford to pass by a piece of wit, if it happen to border on abuse. A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately. ”
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“ Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. ”
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“ A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. ”
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“ Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true. ”
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“ Perch'd on the cedar's topmost bough, And gay with gilded wings, Perchance the patron of his vow, Some artless linnet sings. ”
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“ Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. ”
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“ Virtue seems to be nothing more than a motion consonant to the system of things. Were a planet to fly from its orbit, it would represent a vicious man. ”
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“ A plain narrative of any remarkable fact, emphatically related, has a more striking effect without the author's comment. ”
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“ Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune. ”
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“ A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. ”
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“ Learning, like money, may be of so base a coin, as to be utterly void of use; or, if sterling, may require good management to make it serve the purpose of sense or happiness. ”
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“ Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield. ”
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“ Learning, like money, may be of so base a coin, as to be utterly void of use; or, if sterling, may require good management to make it serve the purpose of sense or happiness. ”
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“ Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. ”
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“ Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. ”
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“ A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. ”
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“ Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle size are alone entangled in. ”
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“ Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome, at an inn. ”
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“ Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle size are alone entangled in. ”
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“ Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune. ”
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“ Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. ”
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“ Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. ”
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“ Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. ”
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“ Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. ”
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“ Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield. ”
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“ Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. ”
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“ A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. ”
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